82R4496 VOO-D
By: Vo H.B. No. 1082
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authority for certain school districts to provide
public notice by posting the notice on the district's Internet
website.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 11.177 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.177. AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS TO PUBLISH
NOTICE ON DISTRICT WEBSITE. (a) This section applies to a school
district only if:
(1) there is not a daily, weekly, or biweekly
newspaper published in the district; and
(2) the population of the district constitutes less
than 10 percent of the total population of the county in which the
district's central administrative office is located.
(b) If a school district, the district's board of trustees,
or an officer of the board is required under state law to publish
notice concerning the district in a newspaper, the district, board,
or officer may instead post the notice on the district's Internet
website.
(c) Notice posted on an Internet website under Subsection
(b) must meet any content or deadline or other date requirements
established by law or rule for publishing that notice in a newspaper
and must meet or exceed any duration or frequency requirements
established by law or rule for publishing that notice in a
newspaper. The notice or a link to the notice must be posted in a
prominent place on the homepage of the website.
(d) Notice posted on an Internet website under Subsection
(b) is not required to meet any page or type-size requirements
established by law or rule for publishing that notice in a
newspaper.
SECTION 2. 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.