84R9346 TJB-F
 
  By: Birdwell S.B. No. 1254
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to transparency in economic development negotiations
  involving a governmental body and a business prospect.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 552.305(d), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (d)  If release of a person's proprietary information may be
  subject to exception under Section 552.101, 552.110, or 552.113,
  [or 552.131,] the governmental body that requests an attorney
  general decision under Section 552.301 shall make a good faith
  attempt to notify that person of the request for the attorney
  general decision. Notice under this subsection must:
               (1)  be in writing and sent within a reasonable time not
  later than the 10th business day after the date the governmental
  body receives the request for the information; and
               (2)  include:
                     (A)  a copy of the written request for the
  information, if any, received by the governmental body; and
                     (B)  a statement, in the form prescribed by the
  attorney general, that the person is entitled to submit in writing
  to the attorney general within a reasonable time not later than the
  10th business day after the date the person receives the notice:
                           (i)  each reason the person has as to why the
  information should be withheld; and
                           (ii)  a letter, memorandum, or brief in
  support of that reason.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 551.087 and 552.131, Government Code,
  are repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.