89th Legislature, Regular Session
HB 981
Relating to access to certain litigation, law enforcement, corrections, and prosecutorial records under the public information law.
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Cassandra Garcia Hernandez
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By: Garcia Hernandez H.B. No. 981 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to access to certain litigation, law enforcement, corrections, and prosecutorial records under the public information law. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 552.103(c), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) Information relating to litigation involving a governmental body or an officer or employee of a governmental body is excepted from disclosure under Subsection (a) only if the litigation is pending or reasonably anticipated on the date that the requestor applies to the officer for public information for access to or duplication of the information. For purposes of this section, litigation is considered reasonably anticipated only if a person with an alleged claim, or that person's attorney, has: (1) threatened in writing to take legal action against the governmental body; or (2) made a written demand for compensation as a result of an alleged claim against the governmental body. SECTION 2. Section 552.108(d), Government Code, as added by Chapter 986 (H.B. 30), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is amended by to read as follows: (d) Information described [The exception to disclosure provided] by Subsection (a)(2) or an internal record or notation described by Subsection (b)(2) is not excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 in response to a written request for the [does not apply to] information, record, or notation made by [records, or notations if]: (1) a person who is the subject of [described by or depicted in] the information, record, or notation, or the person's attorney [other than a peace officer, is deceased or incapacitated]; or