By:  Jackson                                          S.B. No. 1676
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the requirements associated with notice by publication
 1-3     in a newspaper.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 2051.044, Government Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 2051.044.  Type of Newspaper Required.
 1-8                 (a)  The newspaper in which a notice is published must:
 1-9                       (1)  devote not less than 25 percent of its total
1-10     column lineage to general interest items;
1-11                       (2)  be published at least once each week; and
1-12                       [(3)  be entered as second-class postal matter in
1-13     the county where published; and]
1-14                       (3) [(4)]  have been published regularly and
1-15     continuously for at least 12 months before the governmental entity
1-16     or representative publishes notice.
1-17                 (b)  A weekly newspaper has been published regularly
1-18     and continuously under Subsection (a) if the newspaper omits not
1-19     more than two issues in the 12-month period.
1-20           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.