Bill Text: TX HB1082 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to authority for certain school districts to provide public notice by posting the notice on the district's Internet website.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-28 - Referred to Public Education [HB1082 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1082-Introduced.html
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relating to authority for certain school districts to provide | ||
public notice by posting the notice on the district's Internet | ||
website. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 11.177 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.177. AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS TO PUBLISH | ||
NOTICE ON DISTRICT WEBSITE. (a) This section applies to a school | ||
district only if: | ||
(1) there is not a daily, weekly, or biweekly | ||
newspaper published in the district; and | ||
(2) the population of the district constitutes less | ||
than 10 percent of the total population of the county in which the | ||
district's central administrative office is located. | ||
(b) If a school district, the district's board of trustees, | ||
or an officer of the board is required under state law to publish | ||
notice concerning the district in a newspaper, the district, board, | ||
or officer may instead post the notice on the district's Internet | ||
website. | ||
(c) Notice posted on an Internet website under Subsection | ||
(b) must meet any content or deadline or other date requirements | ||
established by law or rule for publishing that notice in a newspaper | ||
and must meet or exceed any duration or frequency requirements | ||
established by law or rule for publishing that notice in a | ||
newspaper. The notice or a link to the notice must be posted in a | ||
prominent place on the homepage of the website. | ||
(d) Notice posted on an Internet website under Subsection | ||
(b) is not required to meet any page or type-size requirements | ||
established by law or rule for publishing that notice in a | ||
newspaper. | ||
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, 2011. |