Bill Text: TX HB139 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the posting of certain notices for political subdivisions on the comptroller's Internet website.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-29 - Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) [HB139 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB139-Introduced.html
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| By: Stickland | H.B. No. 139 | |
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| relating to the posting of certain notices for political | ||
| subdivisions on the comptroller's Internet website. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 2051, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter E to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER E. NOTICE BY POSTING ON INTERNET FOR POLITICAL | ||
| SUBDIVISIONS | ||
| Sec. 2051.151. NOTICE BY POSTING ON COMPTROLLER'S INTERNET | ||
| WEBSITE. (a) This section does not apply to notice of an election. | ||
| (b) A political subdivision shall provide to the | ||
| comptroller an electronic copy of each notice required by law to be | ||
| published by the political subdivision in a newspaper. The | ||
| political subdivision must submit the notice to the comptroller in | ||
| the format required by the comptroller not later than the third day | ||
| before the date the political subdivision is required to first | ||
| publish the notice in the newspaper. | ||
| (c) A political subdivision shall determine by official | ||
| action if the political subdivision will exclusively provide notice | ||
| in the manner provided by Subsection (b) or continue to provide | ||
| notice by publication in a newspaper in addition to providing | ||
| notice in the manner provided by Subsection (b). If a political | ||
| subdivision determines to exclusively provide notice in the manner | ||
| provided by Subsection (b), the political subdivision is exempt | ||
| from any requirement to provide the notice by publication in a | ||
| newspaper. A political subdivision that determines to exclusively | ||
| provide notice in the manner provided by Subsection (b) shall | ||
| publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the political | ||
| subdivision once a week for four consecutive weeks the Internet | ||
| address of the web page on the comptroller's Internet website at | ||
| which the political subdivision's notices may be located. | ||
| (d) The comptroller shall establish and maintain a web page | ||
| on the comptroller's Internet website to post notices provided | ||
| under Subsection (b). The comptroller shall post the notices on the | ||
| web page, in the format that the comptroller determines is | ||
| appropriate, not later than the third day after the date the | ||
| political subdivision provides the notice to the comptroller. | ||
| (e) The comptroller shall establish a system to allow a | ||
| person on request to receive an e-mail alert for an update to a | ||
| category of notices on the web page established under Subsection | ||
| (d). The comptroller shall maintain an electronic archive on the | ||
| comptroller's Internet website of notices posted on the web page. | ||
| (f) The comptroller may adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
| and administer this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this | ||
| section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2016. | ||
| (b) Section 2051.151(f), Government Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
