Bill Text: TX HB726 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 726 (Prior Session Legislation)

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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-Introduced.html

	82R126 EAH-D

	By: Sheffield	H.B. No. 726



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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 [~~a written~~] notice to
	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 [~~by mail or, if it is~~
	~~acceptable to the member,~~] electronically. The notice must briefly
	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.