Bill Text: TX HB814 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to posting notice of a meeting of a governmental body on the Internet instead of in a newspaper.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-23 - Referred to Government Transparency & Operation [HB814 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB814-Introduced.html

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84R3276 DDT-D
By: Larson H.B. No. 814

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to posting notice of a meeting of a governmental body on
the Internet instead of in a newspaper.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 551, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 551.057 to read as follows:
Sec. 551.057. INTERNET POSTING INSTEAD OF NEWSPAPER
POSTING. Notwithstanding any other law, a governmental body that
is required by law to post notice of a meeting in a newspaper may
instead post notice of the meeting on the Internet. A governmental
body that is required by law to post notice of a meeting on the
Internet is not required to post notice in a newspaper.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to
notice of a meeting that is required to be posted on or after the
effective date of this Act. Notice that is required to be posted
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect at that time, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.