Bill Text: TX HB2754 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2754 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the electronic submission of testimony regarding a bill or resolution before a committee or subcommittee of the legislature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-28 - Left pending in committee [HB2754 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB2754-Introduced.html

	82R8390 TJB-D

	By: Martinez Fischer	H.B. No. 2754



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the electronic submission of testimony regarding a bill
	or resolution before a committee or subcommittee of the
	legislature.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 323, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Section 323.0146 to read as follows:
	Sec. 323.0146. ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF COMMITTEE
	TESTIMONY ON PENDING LEGISLATION. (a) The council shall provide a
	link to be posted on the public Internet website of the senate and
	of the house of representatives to allow a person to access an
	Internet page on which the person may submit electronic testimony
	regarding a bill or resolution that is pending before a committee or
	subcommittee of the applicable house of the legislature.
	(b) The Internet page must require a person submitting
	electronic testimony to provide the following:
	(1) the name of the committee or subcommittee that is
	considering the bill or resolution;
	(2) the number of the bill or resolution for which the
	person is providing testimony and whether the person is for,
	against, or neutral on the measure;
	(3) the name, address, and telephone number of the
	person;
	(4) whether the person is providing testimony on the
	person's own behalf or on behalf of any other person, organization,
	business, class of persons, or group;
	(5) the type of business, profession, or occupation in
	which the person is engaged, if the person is providing the
	testimony on the person's own behalf;
	(6) a secure acknowledgment by the person that the
	submitted testimony is a sworn statement that is true and correct;
	and
	(7) any other information required by the procedural
	rules of the senate or the house of representatives, as applicable,
	of a witness testifying in person before a committee.
	(c) The council shall ensure that electronic testimony may
	be submitted under this section only when the bill or resolution is
	pending before the applicable committee or subcommittee, but not
	later than the time at which a public hearing to consider the
	measure is posted to begin.
	(d) The council shall ensure that electronic testimony
	submitted under this section is immediately forwarded to the
	committee e-mail address of the clerk of the committee or
	subcommittee in which the bill or resolution is pending.
	(e) Electronic testimony submitted under this section shall
	be considered for all purposes as if it were provided in person by a
	witness appearing before the committee or subcommittee.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.