1-1 By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1796 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 1999; March 15, 1999, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; 1-4 April 21, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, 1-5 Nays 0; April 21, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to an exception to distribution of publications by state 1-9 agencies. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2052, Government Code, is 1-12 amended by adding Section 2052.207 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 2052.207. EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN DISTRIBUTION 1-14 REQUIREMENTS. Sections 2052.202, 2052.203, and 2052.204 do not 1-15 apply to the distribution of a publication during a calendar year 1-16 by a state agency if the head of the agency: 1-17 (1) determined by December 31 of the previous calendar 1-18 year that the publication will be distributed during the year by a 1-19 reasonably accurate mailing list; 1-20 (2) determined that it would not be cost-effective to 1-21 recreate the mailing list for a publication under Sections 1-22 2052.202, 2052.203, and 2052.204; and 1-23 (3) not later than December 31 of the previous 1-24 calendar year, notified in writing the following persons of each 1-25 publication to which Sections 2052.202, 2052.203, and 2052.204 will 1-26 not apply during the calendar year: 1-27 (A) the governor; 1-28 (B) the lieutenant governor; 1-29 (C) the speaker of the house of representatives; 1-30 (D) the comptroller; and 1-31 (E) the state auditor. 1-32 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-33 * * * * *