SB 758

relating to the definition of a governmental body for the purposes
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 552.003(1), Government Code, is amended
(i)  a board, commission, department,
committee, institution, agency, or office that is within or is
created by the executive or legislative branch of state government
and that is directed by one or more elected or appointed members;
(ii)  a county commissioners court in the
(iii)  a municipal governing body in the
(iv)  a deliberative body that has
rulemaking or quasi-judicial power and that is classified as a
department, agency, or political subdivision of a county or
(v)  a school district board of trustees;
(vi)  a county board of school trustees;
(vii)  a county board of education;
(viii)  the governing board of a special
(ix)  the governing body of a nonprofit
corporation organized under Chapter 67, Water Code, that provides a
water supply or wastewater service, or both, and is exempt from ad
valorem taxation under Section 11.30, Tax Code;
(x)  a local workforce development board
created under Section 2308.253;
(xi)  a nonprofit corporation that is
eligible to receive funds under the federal community services
block grant program and that is authorized by this state to serve a
(xii)  a confinement facility operated under
a contract with any division of the Texas Department of Criminal
(xiii)  a civil commitment housing facility
owned, leased, or operated by a vendor under contract with the state
as provided by Chapter 841, Health and Safety Code;
(xiv)  an entity that receives public funds
in the current or preceding state fiscal year to manage the daily
operations or restoration of the Alamo, or an entity that oversees
(xv)  the part, section, or portion of an
organization, corporation, commission, committee, institution, or
agency that spends or that is supported in whole or in part by
(xvi)  a nonprofit state association or
organization primarily composed of similarly situated political
(ii)  an economic development entity whose
mission or purpose is to develop and promote the economic growth of
a state agency or political subdivision with which the entity
(a)  the entity does not receive $1
million or more in public funds from a single state agency or
political subdivision in the current or preceding state fiscal
authority to make decisions or recommendations on behalf of a state
agency or political subdivision regarding tax abatements or tax
officer of the state agency or political subdivision to hold office
as a member of the board of directors of the entity;
(2)  does not use staff or office
space of the state agency or political subdivision for no or nominal
consideration, unless the space is available to the public;
tracks the entity's receipt and expenditure of public funds
separately from the entity's receipt and expenditure of private
(4)  provides at least quarterly
public reports to the state agency or political subdivision
regarding work performed on behalf of the state agency or political
SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a request for public information received by a governmental body
or an officer for public information on or after the effective date
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.