82R8473 VOO-D
By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 1668
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authority for 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 TO PUBLISH NOTICE ON DISTRICT
WEBSITE. (a) 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.
(b) Notice posted on an Internet website under Subsection
(a) 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 home page of the website.
(c) Notice posted on an Internet website under Subsection
(a) 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.