By: Cain H.B. No. 4366
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the distribution of and access to certain state agency
publications.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 441.1035, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 441.1035. STATE PUBLICATIONS ACCESSIBLE ONLINE
[DISTRIBUTED IN PHYSICAL FORMAT]; NOTICE; [ONLINE] AVAILABILITY IN
PHYSICAL FORMAT. (a) A state agency that distributes by
subscription a state publication in a physical format, such as
paper, tape, or disk, and without a fee or other cost to the
subscriber shall make the publication accessible in an electronic
format from the agency's Internet website.
(b) A state agency that makes a state publication accessible
on its Internet website must inform each subscriber to the
publication that the subscriber may, instead of accessing the
publication at the agency's Internet website, receive a physical
copy of the publication [When distributing a state publication in a
physical format, a state agency that makes the publication
accessible on its Internet website must inform each subscriber to
the publication that the subscriber may, instead of receiving a
physical copy, access the publication at the agency's Internet
website].
(c) If a subscriber prefers to receive [access] a
publication in physical format [at the state agency's Internet
website] and notifies the agency of that preference, the agency
shall [:
[(1)] add [remove] the subscriber to [from] the
distribution list for that publication[; and
[(2) notify the subscriber electronically each time
the publication becomes available at the agency's Internet website
and provide an electronic link to the publication].
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, 2025.