Bill Text: TX HB1541 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the posting of required notice by a political subdivision on Internet websites.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-09 - Referred to Government Transparency & Operation [HB1541 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1541-Introduced.html
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By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 1541 |
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relating to the posting of required notice by a political | ||
subdivision on Internet websites. | ||
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 PUBLICATION ON INTERNET FOR POLITICAL | ||
SUBDIVISIONS | ||
Sec. 2051.151. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ON INTERNET. A | ||
political subdivision may satisfy a requirement in any other law to | ||
provide notice by publication in a newspaper by posting the notice | ||
continuously from the earliest date provided for in the requirement | ||
until the day after the date the action for which notice was | ||
required occurs: | ||
(1) on its Internet website; or | ||
(2) on a social media website, provided that: | ||
(A) the political subdivision controls the | ||
content of the posting; and | ||
(B) the notice is easily found by searching the | ||
name of the political subdivision on the Internet. | ||
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, 2017. |