AN ACT
 1-1     relating to notices of open meetings posted by the secretary of
 1-2     state.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 551.044, Government Code,
 1-5     is amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (a)  The secretary of state must post notice on the Internet
 1-7     of a meeting of a state board, commission, department, or officer
 1-8     having statewide jurisdiction for at least seven days before the
 1-9     day of the meeting.  The secretary of state shall provide during
1-10     regular office hours a computer terminal at a place convenient to
1-11     the public in the office of the secretary of state that members of
1-12     the public may use to view notices of meetings posted by the
1-13     secretary of state.
1-14           SECTION 2.  Subsection (b), Section 551.048, Government Code,
1-15     is amended to read as follows:
1-16           (b)  The secretary of state shall post the notice on the
1-17     Internet.  The secretary of state shall provide during regular
1-18     office hours a computer terminal [a bulletin board] at a place
1-19     convenient to the public in the [main] office of the secretary of
1-20     state that members of the public may use to view the notice.
1-21           SECTION 3.  Subsection (b), Section 551.053, Government Code,
1-22     is amended to read as follows:
1-23           (b)  The secretary of state shall post the notice provided
1-24     under Subsection (a)(2) on the Internet.  The secretary of state
 2-1     shall provide during regular office hours a computer terminal [a
 2-2     bulletin board] at a place convenient to the public in the [main]
 2-3     office of the secretary of state that members of the public may use
 2-4     to view the notice.
 2-5           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.  The
 2-6     change in law made by this Act applies only to notices of meetings
 2-7     that must first be posted by the secretary of state on or after
 2-8     that date for the notice to be timely posted.  Notices of meetings
 2-9     that must first be posted by the secretary of state before that
2-10     date for the notice to be timely posted are governed by the law
2-11     that existed on the date the notice must first be posted to be
2-12     timely, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 916 passed the Senate on
         April 15, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 916 passed the House on
         May 22, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                     Date
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                   Governor