| 1 | 1 | | By: Seliger S.B. No. 935 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2011; March 8, 2011, |
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| 3 | 3 | | read first time and referred to Select Committee on Open |
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| 4 | 4 | | Government; April 4, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable |
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| 5 | 5 | | Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; |
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| 6 | 6 | | April 4, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 935 By: Eltife |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 12 | | relating to the method of delivery of certain notices sent by the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 5.128, Water Code, is amended by |
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| 16 | 16 | | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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| 17 | 17 | | follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (a) The commission shall encourage the use of electronic |
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| 19 | 19 | | reporting through the Internet, to the extent practicable, for |
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| 20 | 20 | | reports required by the commission. Notwithstanding any other law, |
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| 21 | 21 | | the commission may[: |
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| 22 | 22 | | [(1)] adjust fees as necessary to encourage electronic |
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| 23 | 23 | | reporting and the use of the commission's electronic document |
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| 24 | 24 | | receiving system. An electronic report must be submitted in a |
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| 25 | 25 | | format prescribed by the commission. The commission may consult |
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| 26 | 26 | | with the Department of Information Resources on developing a simple |
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| 27 | 27 | | format for use in implementing this subsection. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a-1) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) may[; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | [(2)] utilize electronic means of transmission of |
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| 31 | 31 | | information, including notices, orders, and decisions issued or |
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| 32 | 32 | | sent by the commission; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) shall utilize only electronic means of |
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| 34 | 34 | | transmission for any notice issued or sent by the commission to a |
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| 35 | 35 | | state senator or representative, unless the senator or |
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| 36 | 36 | | representative has requested to receive notice by mail. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 38 | 38 | | * * * * * |
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