Bill Text: TX HB682 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to leasing advertising space on state agency Internet websites.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-19 - Left pending in committee [HB682 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB682-Engrossed.html
| 82R15729 CJC-D | ||
| By: Brown, Zedler, Garza | H.B. No. 682 | |
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| relating to leasing advertising space on state agency Internet | ||
| websites. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2054.064 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2054.064. ADVERTISING ON STATE INTERNET WEBSITES. (a) | ||
| In this section: | ||
| (1) "Department" means the Department of Information | ||
| Resources or a successor agency. | ||
| (2) "State agency" means any department, board, | ||
| commission, or other agency in the executive branch of state | ||
| government, including the office of the governor. The term does not | ||
| include an institution of higher education, as defined by Section | ||
| 61.003, Education Code. | ||
| (b) In accordance with rules adopted by the department and | ||
| to the extent allowed under federal law: | ||
| (1) a state agency shall contract with a private | ||
| entity to lease advertising space on the agency's official Internet | ||
| website; and | ||
| (2) the department shall contract with a private | ||
| entity to lease advertising space on the official Internet website | ||
| for the State of Texas. | ||
| (c) The department shall develop a standard contract for the | ||
| lease of advertising space on an Internet website under this | ||
| section. The standard contract developed by the department must | ||
| include terms that: | ||
| (1) provide for the payment of a fee by the person | ||
| leasing the advertising space in an amount set by department rule; | ||
| and | ||
| (2) require the advertisements to comply with the | ||
| rules adopted by the department relating to content and | ||
| composition. | ||
| (d) The department shall adopt rules to implement this | ||
| section. The rules must establish: | ||
| (1) guidelines relating to the content and composition | ||
| of advertisements that may be placed on an Internet website; | ||
| (2) procedures for procuring advertisements that | ||
| relate, to the greatest extent practicable, to the stated purpose | ||
| of the state agency; | ||
| (3) policies that require: | ||
| (A) each advertisement to be clearly labeled on | ||
| the Internet website as an advertisement; and | ||
| (B) a disclaimer on each Internet website that | ||
| clearly states that the State of Texas does not endorse the products | ||
| or services advertised on the state agency Internet website; | ||
| (4) a schedule of fees to be charged for the lease of | ||
| advertising space under this section; and | ||
| (5) the amount of the lease payment that a private | ||
| entity may retain for administering the lease contract. | ||
| (e) A private entity administering a lease under this | ||
| section shall collect the fees due from the leasing entity. After | ||
| deduction of the private entity's fees, the remainder of the fees | ||
| collected under this section shall be forwarded to the comptroller | ||
| to be deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
