86R6440 MP-D
By: Shaheen H.B. No. 1229
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the posting of required notice by a political
subdivision on Internet websites.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 2051, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER E. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ON INTERNET FOR POLITICAL
SUBDIVISIONS
Sec. 2051.151. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ON INTERNET. A
political subdivision may satisfy a requirement in any other law to
provide notice by publication in a newspaper by posting the notice
continuously from the earliest date provided for in the requirement
until the day after the date the action for which notice was
required occurs:
(1) on its Internet website; or
(2) on a social media website if:
(A) the political subdivision controls the
content of the posting; and
(B) the notice is easily found by searching the
name of the political subdivision on the Internet.
SECTION 2. 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, 2019.