By Dutton                                             H.B. No. 2106
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to information on the supreme court website relating to
 1-3     proposed rules or forms.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Government Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 22.015 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 22.015.  INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION OF COMMENTS ON RULES
 1-8     AND FORMS IN WEBSITE. The supreme court shall include in its
 1-9     website, the Internet address of which is
1-10     www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us:
1-11                 (1)  all materials and information relating to a rule
1-12     or form considered or to be considered at a public hearing that it
1-13     holds, including:
1-14                       (A)  the transcripts of each hearing; and
1-15                       (B)  all transmittals and correspondence it
1-16     receives in support of or in opposition to the rule or form; and
1-17                 (2)  a method by which a person may submit comments
1-18     relating to a pending rule or form electronically through the
1-19     website.
1-20           SECTION 2. (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-21           (b)  The supreme court shall implement Section 22.015,
1-22     Government Code, as added by this Act, on or before December 1,
1-23     2001.