82R4997 KYF-D
By: Otto H.B. No. 3660
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the secretary of state to publish the session
laws of the legislature electronically and eliminating certain
requirements for publishing and distributing volumes of the session
laws.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 405.014, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 405.014. ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE. (a) At each
session of the legislature the secretary of state shall obtain the
bills that have become law. Immediately after the closing of each
session of the legislature, the secretary of state shall bind all
enrolled bills and resolutions in volumes on which the date of the
session is placed.
(b) As soon as practicable after the closing of each session
of the legislature, the secretary of state shall publish and
maintain electronically the bills enacted at that session. The
electronic publication must be:
(1) indexed by bill number and assigned chapter number
for each bill; and
(2) made available by an electronic link on the
secretary of state's generally accessible Internet website.
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 2158, Government Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act does not apply
to a contract for the publication of the laws of this state entered
into before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 4. 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.