| 1 | 1 | | By: Harper-Brown (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 2866 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Government Organization; May 5, 2011, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | 5 | | following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 5, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the electronic submission of certain documents to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | attorney general and the submission of certain documents by the |
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| 12 | 12 | | attorney general; imposing certain fees. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 402.006, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 15 | 15 | | adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (d) The attorney general may charge and collect a |
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| 17 | 17 | | nonrefundable administrative convenience fee for the electronic |
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| 18 | 18 | | submission of a document to the attorney general. The fee |
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| 19 | 19 | | authorized by this section is in addition to any other fee the |
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| 20 | 20 | | attorney general may assess. The attorney general may adopt rules |
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| 21 | 21 | | necessary to administer this subsection. This subsection expires |
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| 22 | 22 | | September 1, 2015. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 552, Government Code, is |
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| 24 | 24 | | amended by adding Section 552.309 to read as follows: |
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| 25 | 25 | | Sec. 552.309. TIMELINESS OF ACTION BY ELECTRONIC |
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| 26 | 26 | | SUBMISSION. (a) When this subchapter requires a request, notice, |
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| 27 | 27 | | or other document to be submitted or otherwise given to the attorney |
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| 28 | 28 | | general within a specified period, the requirement is met in a |
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| 29 | 29 | | timely fashion if the document is submitted to the attorney general |
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| 30 | 30 | | through the attorney general's designated electronic filing system |
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| 31 | 31 | | within that period. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (b) The attorney general may electronically transmit a |
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| 33 | 33 | | notice, decision, or other document. When this subchapter requires |
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| 34 | 34 | | the attorney general to deliver a notice, decision, or other |
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| 35 | 35 | | document within a specified period, the requirement is met in a |
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| 36 | 36 | | timely fashion if the document is electronically transmitted by the |
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| 37 | 37 | | attorney general within that period. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (c) This section does not affect the right of a person or |
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| 39 | 39 | | governmental body to submit information to the attorney general |
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| 40 | 40 | | under Section 552.308. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 3. The fee prescribed by Section 402.006(d), |
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| 42 | 42 | | Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a document |
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| 43 | 43 | | electronically submitted to the office of the attorney general on |
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| 44 | 44 | | or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 46 | 46 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 47 | 47 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 48 | 48 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 49 | 49 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 50 | 50 | | * * * * * |
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