1-1 By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 852
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 3, 1999; March 8, 1999, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
1-4 March 29, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7,
1-5 Nays 0; March 29, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the listing of state agency Internet addresses in
1-9 telephone directories.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 55.203, Utilities Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 55.203. DIRECTORY PUBLISHED BY PRIVATE PUBLISHER.
1-14 (a) In this section, "Internet" means the largest nonproprietary,
1-15 nonprofit cooperative public computer network, popularly known as
1-16 the Internet.
1-17 (b) A private for-profit publisher of a residential
1-18 telephone directory that is distributed to the public at minimal or
1-19 no cost shall include in the directory a listing of any:
1-20 (1) toll-free and local telephone numbers of:
1-21 (A) [(1)] state agencies;
1-22 (B) [(2)] state public services; and
1-23 (C) [(3)] each state elected official who
1-24 represents all or part of the geographical area for which the
1-25 directory contains listings; and
1-26 (2) Internet address of an Internet site maintained by
1-27 a state agency.
1-28 (c) [(b)] The listing required by this section must be:
1-29 (1) clearly identified; and
1-30 (2) located or clearly referenced at the front of the
1-31 directory before the main listing of residential and business
1-32 telephone numbers.
1-33 (d) [(c)] The commission by rule may specify:
1-34 (1) the format of the listing; and
1-35 (2) criteria for inclusion of agencies, services, and
1-36 officials.
1-37 (e) [(d)] The commission's rules must require a publisher to
1-38 list:
1-39 (1) the telephone number for state government
1-40 information; and
1-41 (2) telephone numbers and Internet addresses
1-42 alphabetically by:
1-43 (A) the subject matter of agency programs; and
1-44 (B) agency name.
1-45 (f) [(e)] The commission, with the cooperation of other
1-46 state agencies, shall:
1-47 (1) compile relevant information to ensure accuracy of
1-48 information in the listing; and
1-49 (2) provide the information to a telecommunications
1-50 utility or telephone directory publisher within a reasonable time
1-51 after a request by the utility or publisher.
1-52 (g) [(f)] The General Services Commission shall cooperate
1-53 with the commission and with publishers to ensure that the subject
1-54 matter listing of programs, [and] telephone numbers, and Internet
1-55 addresses in the telephone directories are consistent with the
1-56 categorization developed by the Records Management Interagency
1-57 Coordinating Council under Section 441.053, Government Code.
1-58 SECTION 2. Section 441.053, Government Code, is amended to
1-59 read as follows:
1-60 Sec. 441.053. RECORDS MANAGEMENT INTERAGENCY COORDINATING
1-61 COUNCIL. (a) [(j)] The council shall categorize state agency
1-62 programs, state agency [and] telephone numbers, and Internet
1-63 addresses of Internet sites maintained by state agencies by subject
1-64 matter as well as by agency. State agencies shall cooperate with
2-1 the council by providing the council with the information it needs
2-2 to perform this function.
2-3 (b) [(k)] In this section, "Internet" means the largest
2-4 nonproprietary, nonprofit cooperative public computer network,
2-5 popularly known as the Internet ["member agency" means each state
2-6 officer who is a member of the council or an agency that has a
2-7 representative who is a member of the council].
2-8 SECTION 3. (a) In accordance with Subsection (c), Section
2-9 311.031, Government Code, which gives effect to a substantive
2-10 amendment enacted by the same legislature that codifies the amended
2-11 statute, the text of Section 55.203, Utilities Code, gives effect
2-12 to changes made by Chapter 1186, Acts of the 75th Legislature,
2-13 Regular Session, 1997.
2-14 (b) To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over
2-15 another Act of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,
2-16 relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
2-17 codes.
2-18 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-19 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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