85R22070 SRS-D     By: Nevárez H.B. No. 1082     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1082:     By:  Elkins C.S.H.B. No. 1082       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the applicability to certain draft grant applications   of the exception from disclosure under the public information law   for agency memoranda.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 552.111, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 552.111.  EXCEPTION: AGENCY MEMORANDA. (a) Except as   provided by Subsection (b), an [An] interagency or intraagency   memorandum or letter that would not be available by law to a party   in litigation with the agency is excepted from the requirements of   Section 552.021.          (b)  The exception under this section does not apply to a   draft grant application prepared by or for a state agency or   governmental entity with taxing authority after:                (1)  the state agency or governmental entity with   taxing authority submits the grant application;                (2)  the state agency or governmental entity with   taxing authority determines it will not submit the grant   application; or                (3)  the deadline to submit the grant application has   passed.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a request for information received by a governmental body or an   officer for public information on or after the effective date of   this Act. A request for information received before the effective   date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the request   was received, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.