§ 552.010. STATE GOVERNMENTAL BODIES: FISCAL AND OTHER
INFORMATION RELATING TO MAKING INFORMATION ACCESSIBLE. (a) Each
state governmental body shall report to the attorney general the
information the attorney general requires regarding:
(1) the number and nature of requests for information
the state governmental body processes under this chapter in the
period covered by the report; and
(2) the cost to the state governmental body in that
period in terms of capital expenditures and personnel time of:
(A) responding to requests for information under
this chapter; and
(B) making information available to the public by
means of the Internet or another electronic format.
(b) The attorney general shall design and phase in the
reporting requirements in a way that:
(1) minimizes the reporting burden on state
governmental bodies; and
(2) allows the legislature and state governmental
bodies to estimate the extent to which it is cost-effective for
state government, and if possible the extent to which it is
cost-effective or useful for members of the public, to make
information available to the public by means of the Internet or
another electronic format as a supplement or alternative to
publicizing the information only in other ways or making the
information available only in response to requests made under this
chapter.
(c) The attorney general shall share the information
reported under this section with the open records steering
committee.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., 3rd C.S., ch. 3, § 27.01, eff.
Jan. 11, 2004. Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 329, § 2,
eff. Sept. 1, 2005; Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 716, § 2, eff.
Sept. 1, 2005.
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