S.B. No. 1877

	AN ACT
	relating to sending notice of proposed contracts for highway
	projects by e-mail.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 223.003, Transportation
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 223.003.  NOTICE OF PROPOSED CONTRACTS [BY MAIL].
	SECTION 2.  Sections 223.003(a), (b), and (c),
	Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A person may apply to have the name of the person placed
	on a [mailing] list to receive notice of any proposed contracts.
	(b)  The department shall send [mail] the notice to each
	person on that [mailing] list. The department may send the notice
	by mail or electronically to an e-mail address designated by the
	person.
	(c)  The department may require each applicant to pay an
	annual subscription fee set by the department in an amount not to
	exceed the average annual costs of sending [mailing] notices to the
	applicant.
	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, 2017.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1877 passed the Senate on
	April 19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1877 passed the House on
	May 19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 1, two
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor