83R11392 YDB-D
By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 3646
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a governmental entity's selection of an advertising
medium and publication of notice.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2158, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter I to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER I. ADVERTISING MEDIUM SELECTION; NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
Sec. 2158.501. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "Advertising medium" means the method through
which a promotional message is communicated to the public using
words, speech, pictures, or video. The term includes billboards,
magazines, radio, television, direct mail, and the Internet.
(2) "Governmental entity" has the meaning assigned by
Section 2051.041.
Sec. 2158.502. ADVERTISING MEDIUM SELECTION CRITERIA. A
governmental entity conducting an advertising campaign to
communicate information to the public may use for the advertising
campaign only the advertising medium that provides the information
to the largest number of people.
SECTION 2. Chapter 2051, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER E. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ON INTERNET FOR GOVERNMENTAL
ENTITIES
Sec. 2051.151. DEFINITION. In this subchapter,
"governmental entity" has the meaning assigned by Section 2051.041.
Sec. 2051.152. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ON INTERNET. A
governmental entity may satisfy a requirement in any other law to
provide notice by publication by posting the notice on its Internet
website continuously from the earliest date provided for in the
requirement until the day after the date the action for which notice
was required occurs.
SECTION 3. Subchapter I, Chapter 2158, Government Code, as
added by this Act, applies only to a contract for which an
invitation for offers, request for proposals, request for
qualifications, or other similar solicitation is first published or
distributed on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract
for which an invitation for offers, request for proposals, request
for qualifications, or other similar solicitation is first
published or distributed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect at the time the invitation, request,
or other solicitation is published or distributed, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.