Relating to public access to the mailing address and electronic mail address designated by a governmental body to receive a request for public information under the public information law, the official text

H.B. No. 4214

AN ACT

relating to public access to the mailing address and electronic

mail address designated by a governmental body to receive a request

for public information under the public information law.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 552.234, Government Code, is amended by

adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:

(e) Not later than October 1 of each year, each governmental

body shall notify the attorney general of the current mailing

address and electronic mail address designated by the governmental

body under Subsection (c) for receiving written requests for public

information.

(f) The attorney general shall create and maintain on the

office of the attorney general's Internet website a publicly

accessible database of the mailing addresses and electronic mail

addresses provided by governmental bodies under Subsection (e).

SECTION 2. 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, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4214 was passed by the House on May 6,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not

voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4214 was passed by the Senate on May

28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor