By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 852
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the listing of state agency Internet addresses in
1-2 telephone directories.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 55.203, Utilities Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 55.203. DIRECTORY PUBLISHED BY PRIVATE PUBLISHER.
1-7 (a) In this section, "Internet" means the largest nonproprietary,
1-8 nonprofit cooperative public computer network, popularly known as
1-9 the Internet.
1-10 (b) A private for-profit publisher of a residential
1-11 telephone directory that is distributed to the public at minimal or
1-12 no cost shall include in the directory a listing of any:
1-13 (1) toll-free and local telephone numbers of:
1-14 (A) [(1)] state agencies;
1-15 (B) [(2)] state public services; and
1-16 (C) [(3)] each state elected official who
1-17 represents all or part of the geographical area for which the
1-18 directory contains listings; and
1-19 (2) Internet address of an Internet site maintained by
1-20 a state agency.
1-21 (c) [(b)] The listing required by this section must be:
1-22 (1) clearly identified; and
1-23 (2) located or clearly referenced at the front of the
1-24 directory before the main listing of residential and business
2-1 telephone numbers.
2-2 (d) [(c)] The commission by rule may specify:
2-3 (1) the format of the listing; and
2-4 (2) criteria for inclusion of agencies, services, and
2-5 officials.
2-6 (e) [(d)] The commission's rules must require a publisher to
2-7 list:
2-8 (1) the telephone number for state government
2-9 information; and
2-10 (2) telephone numbers and Internet addresses
2-11 alphabetically by:
2-12 (A) the subject matter of agency programs; and
2-13 (B) agency name.
2-14 (f) [(e)] The commission, with the cooperation of other
2-15 state agencies, shall:
2-16 (1) compile relevant information to ensure accuracy of
2-17 information in the listing; and
2-18 (2) provide the information to a telecommunications
2-19 utility or telephone directory publisher within a reasonable time
2-20 after a request by the utility or publisher.
2-21 (g) [(f)] The General Services Commission shall cooperate
2-22 with the commission and with publishers to ensure that the subject
2-23 matter listing of programs, [and] telephone numbers, and Internet
2-24 addresses in the telephone directories are consistent with the
2-25 categorization developed by the Records Management Interagency
2-26 Coordinating Council under Section 441.053, Government Code.
3-1 SECTION 2. Section 441.053, Government Code, is amended to
3-2 read as follows:
3-3 Sec. 441.053. RECORDS MANAGEMENT INTERAGENCY COORDINATING
3-4 COUNCIL. (a) [(j)] The council shall categorize state agency
3-5 programs, state agency [and] telephone numbers, and Internet
3-6 addresses of Internet sites maintained by state agencies by subject
3-7 matter as well as by agency. State agencies shall cooperate with
3-8 the council by providing the council with the information it needs
3-9 to perform this function.
3-10 (b) [(k)] In this section, "Internet" means the largest
3-11 nonproprietary, nonprofit cooperative public computer network,
3-12 popularly known as the Internet ["member agency" means each state
3-13 officer who is a member of the council or an agency that has a
3-14 representative who is a member of the council].
3-15 SECTION 3. (a) In accordance with Subsection (c), Section
3-16 311.031, Government Code, which gives effect to a substantive
3-17 amendment enacted by the same legislature that codifies the amended
3-18 statute, the text of Section 55.203, Utilities Code, gives effect
3-19 to changes made by Chapter 1186, Acts of the 75th Legislature,
3-20 Regular Session, 1997.
3-21 (b) To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over
3-22 another Act of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,
3-23 relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
3-24 codes.
3-25 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
3-26 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
4-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.