By: West S.B. No. 246
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the electronic submission of a request for an attorney
general opinion.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 402.042, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c) A request for an opinion must be in writing and sent by
certified or registered mail, with return receipt requested,
addressed to the office of the attorney general in Austin, or
electronically to an electronic mail address designated by the
attorney general for the purpose of receiving requests for opinions
under this section. The attorney general shall:
(1) acknowledge receipt of the request not later than
the 15th day after the date that it is received; and
(2) issue the opinion not later than the 180th day
after the date that it is received, unless before that deadline the
attorney general notifies the requesting person in writing that the
opinion will be delayed or not rendered and states the reasons for
the delay or refusal.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.