87R9774 JTS-D
By: Goldman H.B. No. 3410
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to publication and posting of notice by governmental
entities and representatives.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 2051,
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER C. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION IN NEWSPAPER; INTERNET
ALTERNATIVE
SECTION 2. Section 2051.042(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) This subchapter applies only to notice that is required
or authorized by law other than this subchapter to be published in a
newspaper. If a governmental entity or representative does not
choose to post notice on an Internet website under Section
2051.0421, this subchapter applies only to the extent that the
other [general or special] law requiring or authorizing the
publication of a notice in a newspaper [by a governmental entity or
representative] does not specify the manner of the publication,
including the number of times that the notice is required to be
published and the period during which the notice is required to be
published.
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 2051, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2051.0421 to read as follows:
Sec. 2051.0421. INTERNET POSTING ALTERNATIVE FOR NOTICE
REQUIRED TO BE PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPER. (a) Notwithstanding any
other law and except as provided by Section 2051.042(b), a
governmental entity or representative required by other law to
provide notice by publication in a newspaper may, as an
alternative, satisfy that requirement by posting the notice on the
governmental entity's or representative's Internet website.
(b) Internet website notice posted as an alternative to
required publication of notice in a newspaper as authorized by this
section:
(1) to the extent possible, must meet requirements
provided by law for the publication of the newspaper notice that can
be applied to an Internet website posting, including requirements
related to the timing, duration, content, and appearance of the
notice; and
(2) is not required to meet requirements provided by
law for the publication of the newspaper notice that by their nature
cannot be applied to an Internet website posting, including
requirements relating to circulation.
(c) This subchapter may not be construed to require a
governmental entity or representative that chooses the alternative
Internet posting under this section to also publish notice in a
newspaper.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.