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Senate adopts amendment letting AG's open records unit assist on Open Meetings Act probes and requiring prosecutors to post nonprosecution reasons
Summary
The Texas Senate passed a committee substitute to House Bill 3711 to clarify how the attorney general's Open Records Division may assist local prosecutors investigating alleged Open Meetings Act violations and, by amendment, requires certain local prosecutors who decline to prosecute to post their reasons on a public website for one year.
The Texas Senate on Monday passed a committee substitute to House Bill 3711 to create a clearer process for local prosecutors to request investigative assistance from the attorney general's Open Records Division in alleged violations of the Texas Open Meetings Act and adopted an amendment that requires certain prosecutors to post, on their websites for at least one year, their decision not to prosecute and the stated reasons.
The bill's sponsor, Senator Sarah Milton, said HB 3711 "promotes transparency in local government, providing additional tools to investigate violations of the…
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