Bill Text: TX HB1390 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the electronic submission of a request for an attorney general opinion.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-07 - Referred to Jurisprudence [HB1390 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1390-Introduced.html
83R5488 MMC-F | ||
By: Harper-Brown | H.B. No. 1390 |
|
||
|
||
relating to the electronic submission of a request for an attorney | ||
general opinion. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 402.042(c), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) A request for an opinion must be in writing and sent by | ||
certified or registered mail, with return receipt requested, | ||
addressed to the office of the attorney general in Austin, or | ||
electronically to an electronic mail address designated by the | ||
attorney general for the purpose of receiving requests for opinions | ||
under this section. The attorney general shall: | ||
(1) acknowledge receipt of the request not later than | ||
the 15th day after the date that it is received; and | ||
(2) issue the opinion not later than the 180th day | ||
after the date that it is received, unless before that deadline the | ||
attorney general notifies the requesting person in writing that the | ||
opinion will be delayed or not rendered and states the reasons for | ||
the delay or refusal. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |