Bill Text: TX SB246 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the electronic submission of a request for an attorney general opinion.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB246 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB246-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the electronic submission of a request for an attorney general opinion.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB246 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB246-Comm_Sub.html
| By: West | S.B. No. 246 | |
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| relating to the electronic submission of a request for an attorney | ||
| general opinion. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 402.042, Government | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (c) A request for an opinion must be in writing and sent by | ||
| certified or registered mail, with return receipt requested, | ||
| addressed to the office of the attorney general in Austin, or | ||
| electronically to an electronic mail address designated by the | ||
| attorney general for the purpose of receiving requests for opinions | ||
| under this section. The attorney general shall: | ||
| (1) acknowledge receipt of the request not later than | ||
| the 15th day after the date that it is received; and | ||
| (2) issue the opinion not later than the 180th day | ||
| after the date that it is received, unless before that deadline the | ||
| attorney general notifies the requesting person in writing that the | ||
| opinion will be delayed or not rendered and states the reasons for | ||
| the delay or refusal. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
