Bill Text: TX HB726 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the electronic distribution of information to legislators by state agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB726 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB726-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 726 | ||
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| relating to the electronic distribution of information to | ||
| legislators by state agencies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 2052.002(a) and (c), Government Code, | ||
| are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) To avoid waste in the duplication and distribution of | ||
| state agency publications, a state agency that issues a publication | ||
| relating to the work of the agency and distributes the publication | ||
| to members of the legislature shall send to each member before | ||
| distributing the publication an electronic [ |
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| determine whether the member wants to receive the publication. | ||
| (c) A member who elects to receive the publication shall | ||
| notify the state agency. The member may notify the agency | ||
| electronically. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 2052.0021(d), Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (d) At the time a report required by law is ready for | ||
| distribution outside the state agency, the agency shall send | ||
| written notice to each member of the legislature that the report is | ||
| available. The agency shall send the notice [ |
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| describe the subject matter of the report and state: | ||
| (1) the manner in which the member may obtain the | ||
| report electronically; and | ||
| (2) that the agency will send a printed copy of the | ||
| report to the member at the request of the member. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 726 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 12, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 726 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
