By: Ellis S.B. No. 933
(In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2011; March 8, 2011,
read first time and referred to Select Committee on Open
Government; April 11, 2011, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 3, Nays 0; April 11, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the electronic submission of certain documents to the
attorney general and the submission of certain documents by the
attorney general; imposing certain fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 402.006, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The attorney general may charge and collect a
nonrefundable administrative convenience fee for the electronic
submission of a document to the attorney general. The fee
authorized by this section is in addition to any other fee the
attorney general may assess. The attorney general may adopt rules
necessary to administer this subsection. This subsection expires
September 1, 2015.
SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 552, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 552.309 to read as follows:
Sec. 552.309. TIMELINESS OF ACTION BY ELECTRONIC
SUBMISSION. (a) When this subchapter requires a request, notice,
or other document to be submitted or otherwise given to the attorney
general within a specified period, the requirement is met in a
timely fashion if the document is submitted to the attorney general
through the attorney general's designated electronic filing system
within that period.
(b) The attorney general may electronically transmit a
notice, decision, or other document. When this subchapter requires
the attorney general to deliver a notice, decision, or other
document within a specified period, the requirement is met in a
timely fashion if the document is electronically transmitted by the
attorney general within that period.
(c) This section does not affect the right of a person or
governmental body to submit information to the attorney general
under Section 552.308.
SECTION 3. The fee prescribed by Subsection (d), Section
402.006, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a
document electronically submitted to the office of the attorney
general on or after 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.
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