Bill Text: TX HB3117 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the type of newspaper required for the publication of notices by governmental entities or representatives in certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3117 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3117-Introduced.html

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88R9951 KBB-F
By: Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 3117

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the type of newspaper required for the publication of
notices by governmental entities or representatives in certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2051.0441(b), Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The newspaper in which a notice is published under this
section must:
(1) devote not less than 20 percent of its total column
lineage to general interest items;
(2) be published at least once each week;
(3) meet one of the following requirements:
(A) be entered as periodical postal matter in the
county where published;
(B) [or] have a mailed or delivered circulation
of at least 51 percent of the residences in the county where
published; or
(C) for notices by a governmental entity or
representative of the county or a political subdivision located in
the county, be published in the county and designated by, as
applicable, commissioners court order or official action of the
governing body of the political subdivision as the newspaper for
publication of notices; and
(4) have been published regularly and continuously for
at least 12 months before the governmental entity or representative
publishes notice.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.