By: Harper-Brown (Senate Sponsor - Ellis)	H.B. No. 2866
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2011;
	April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Government Organization; May 5, 2011, reported favorably by the
	following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 5, 2011, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the electronic submission of certain documents to the
	attorney general and the submission of certain documents by the
	attorney general; imposing certain fees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 402.006, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  The attorney general may charge and collect a
	nonrefundable administrative convenience fee for the electronic
	submission of a document to the attorney general. The fee
	authorized by this section is in addition to any other fee the
	attorney general may assess. The attorney general may adopt rules
	necessary to administer this subsection.  This subsection expires
	September 1, 2015.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter G, Chapter 552, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 552.309 to read as follows:
	Sec. 552.309.  TIMELINESS OF ACTION BY ELECTRONIC
	SUBMISSION. (a)  When this subchapter requires a request, notice,
	or other document to be submitted or otherwise given to the attorney
	general within a specified period, the requirement is met in a
	timely fashion if the document is submitted to the attorney general
	through the attorney general's designated electronic filing system
	within that period.
	(b)  The attorney general may electronically transmit a
	notice, decision, or other document.  When this subchapter requires
	the attorney general to deliver a notice, decision, or other
	document within a specified period, the requirement is met in a
	timely fashion if the document is electronically transmitted by the
	attorney general within that period.
	(c)  This section does not affect the right of a person or
	governmental body to submit information to the attorney general
	under Section 552.308.
	SECTION 3.  The fee prescribed by Section 402.006(d),
	Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a document
	electronically submitted to the office of the attorney general on
	or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 4.  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.
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