By: Perry S.B. No. 1877
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 23, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
April 6, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 6, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to sending notice of proposed contracts for highway
projects by e-mail.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 223.003, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 223.003. NOTICE OF PROPOSED CONTRACTS [BY MAIL].
SECTION 2. Sections 223.003(a), (b), and (c),
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A person may apply to have the name of the person placed
on a [mailing] list to receive notice of any proposed contracts.
(b) The department shall send [mail] the notice to each
person on that [mailing] list. The department may send the notice
by mail or electronically to an e-mail address designated by the
person.
(c) The department may require each applicant to pay an
annual subscription fee set by the department in an amount not to
exceed the average annual costs of sending [mailing] notices to the
applicant.
SECTION 3. 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, 2017.
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