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| 1 | 1 | 85R5178 BEE-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Wray H.B. No. 3499 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to sending notice of proposed contracts for highway | |
| 8 | 8 | projects by e-mail. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 223.003, Transportation | |
| 11 | 11 | Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 223.003. NOTICE OF PROPOSED CONTRACTS [BY MAIL]. | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 2. Sections 223.003(a), (b), and (c), | |
| 14 | 14 | Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (a) A person may apply to have the name of the person placed | |
| 16 | 16 | on a [mailing] list to receive notice of any proposed contracts. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) The department shall send [mail] the notice to each | |
| 18 | 18 | person on that [mailing] list. The department may send the notice | |
| 19 | 19 | by mail or electronically to an e-mail address designated by the | |
| 20 | 20 | person. | |
| 21 | 21 | (c) The department may require each applicant to pay an | |
| 22 | 22 | annual subscription fee set by the department in an amount not to | |
| 23 | 23 | exceed the average annual costs of sending [mailing] notices to the | |
| 24 | 24 | applicant. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 26 | 26 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 27 | 27 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 28 | 28 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |