87S10328 MWC-D
By: Dominguez H.B. No. 144
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the display of emergency and other notices by a
governmental entity on the entity's Internet website.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2051, Government Code, as
redesignated from Subchapter E, Chapter 2051, Government Code, by
H.B. 1154 and H.B. 3607, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2021, and as effective September 1, 2021, is amended by
adding Section 2051.203 to read as follows:
Sec. 2051.203. REQUIRED POSTING OF NOTICE. (a) In this
section "governmental entity" has the meaning assigned by Section
2051.041.
(b) A governmental entity shall post in a prominent location
on the home page of the entity's Internet website:
(1) each emergency notification issued by the entity;
and
(2) any other official notice issued by the entity,
including notices regarding the entity's ability or inability to
provide services the entity normally provides to the public.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2021.