85R8078 BEF-F     By: Elkins H.B. No. 1924       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the availability of certain hotel occupancy tax   information.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 156, Tax Code, is amended   by adding Section 156.155 to read as follows:          Sec. 156.155.  AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN TAXPAYER   INFORMATION. (a)  A state agency may not post on a public Internet   website information that identifies the taxable receipts of an   individual business that is contained in or derived from a record,   report, or other document required to be provided under this   chapter.          (b)  Information described by Subsection (a) that is   collected or maintained by a state agency is public information   under Section 552.002, Government Code.  A state agency shall   provide access to the information in the manner provided by Chapter   552, Government Code, and the exceptions under Subchapter C of that   chapter do not apply to the information.          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, 2017.