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| 1 | 1 | 86R6440 MP-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Shaheen H.B. No. 1229 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the posting of required notice by a political | |
| 8 | 8 | subdivision on Internet websites. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 2051, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 11 | 11 | adding Subchapter E to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | SUBCHAPTER E. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ON INTERNET FOR POLITICAL | |
| 13 | 13 | SUBDIVISIONS | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 2051.151. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ON INTERNET. A | |
| 15 | 15 | political subdivision may satisfy a requirement in any other law to | |
| 16 | 16 | provide notice by publication in a newspaper by posting the notice | |
| 17 | 17 | continuously from the earliest date provided for in the requirement | |
| 18 | 18 | until the day after the date the action for which notice was | |
| 19 | 19 | required occurs: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) on its Internet website; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) on a social media website if: | |
| 22 | 22 | (A) the political subdivision controls the | |
| 23 | 23 | content of the posting; and | |
| 24 | 24 | (B) the notice is easily found by searching the | |
| 25 | 25 | name of the political subdivision on the Internet. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 27 | 27 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 28 | 28 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 30 | 30 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |