1. (a) The Department of Information Resources shall study the implementation of the most appropriate electronic data base to enhance the commission's abilities to administer this chapter.

2. (b) The commission shall:

   1. (1) establish an electronic data base composed of statements and reports filed with the commission;
   2. (2) provide the public with access to that data;
   3. (3) establish a system to provide access by electronic data transmittal processes to that data;
   4. (4) set and charge a fee for electronic access to the data base in an amount reasonable and necessary to cover the costs of access; and
   5. (5) ensure that entries entered on multiple reports may be electronically cross-referenced in the data base.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.