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

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-Engrossed.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.