By Wentworth                                          S.B. No. 1796
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to an exception to distribution of publications by state
 1-3     agencies.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 2052, Government Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 2052.207 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 2052.207.  EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN DISTRIBUTION
 1-8     REQUIREMENTS.  Sections 2052.202, 2052.203, and 2052.204 do not
 1-9     apply to the distribution of a publication during a calendar year
1-10     by a state agency if the head of the agency:
1-11                 (1)  determined by December 31 of the previous calendar
1-12     year that the publication will be distributed during the year by a
1-13     reasonably accurate mailing list;
1-14                 (2)  determined that it would not be cost-effective to
1-15     recreate the mailing list for a publication under Sections
1-16     2052.202, 2052.203, and 2052.204; and
1-17                 (3)  not later than December 31 of the previous
1-18     calendar year, notified in writing the following persons of each
1-19     publication to which Sections 2052.202, 2052.203, and 2052.204 will
1-20     not apply during the calendar year:
1-21                       (A)  the governor;
1-22                       (B)  the lieutenant governor;
1-23                       (C)  the speaker of the house of representatives;
1-24                       (D)  the comptroller; and
 2-1                       (E)  the state auditor.
 2-2           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.