Bill Text: TX HB305 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the requirement that certain political subdivisions with authority to impose a tax post certain information on an Internet website.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 17-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB305 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB305-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 305 | ||
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| relating to the requirement that certain political subdivisions | ||
| with authority to impose a tax post certain information on an | ||
| 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. INTERNET WEBSITE | ||
| Sec. 2051.151. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. Except as | ||
| provided by Section 2051.152(b), this subchapter applies only to a | ||
| political subdivision with the authority to impose a tax that at any | ||
| time on or after January 1, 2019, maintained a publicly accessible | ||
| Internet website. | ||
| Sec. 2051.152. INFORMATION REQUIRED ON WEBSITE. (a) A | ||
| political subdivision to which this section applies shall post on a | ||
| publicly accessible Internet website the following information: | ||
| (1) the political subdivision's contact information, | ||
| including a mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address; | ||
| (2) each elected officer of the political subdivision; | ||
| (3) the date and location of the next election for | ||
| officers of the political subdivision; | ||
| (4) the requirements and deadline for filing for | ||
| candidacy of each elected office of the political subdivision, | ||
| which shall be continuously posted for at least one year before the | ||
| election day for the office; | ||
| (5) each notice of a meeting of the political | ||
| subdivision's governing body under Subchapter C, Chapter 551; and | ||
| (6) each record of a meeting of the political | ||
| subdivision's governing body under Section 551.021. | ||
| (b) Subsections (a)(5) and (6) do not apply to: | ||
| (1) a county with a population of less than 10,000; | ||
| (2) a municipality with a population of less than | ||
| 5,000 located in a county with a population of less than 25,000; or | ||
| (3) a school district with a population of less than | ||
| 5,000 in the district's boundaries and located in a county with a | ||
| population of less than 25,000. | ||
| SECTION 2. Sections 2051.152(a)(5) and (6), Government | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, apply only to a meeting held on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 305 was passed by the House on March | ||
| 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 305 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 3, 1 | ||
| present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 305 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
