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78R83 ATP-D

By:  Uresti                                                       H.B. No. 1969



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring certain municipalities and counties to 
publish public notices in Spanish-language newspapers.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Subchapter A, Chapter 51, Local Government 
Code, is amended by adding Section 51.004 to read as follows:
	Sec. 51.004.  PUBLICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE IN 
SPANISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER. (a)  This section applies only to a 
municipality  any portion of which is located in a county in which 
more than 50 percent of the population is of Hispanic origin.
	(b)  In this section, "public notice" means any notice that a 
municipality must provide to the general public under Chapter 551, 
Government Code, or other law.
	(c)  A municipality shall publish a public notice in Spanish 
in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the 
municipality is located that is printed in Spanish, if there is a 
newspaper of general circulation in the county printed in Spanish.
	(d)  Notice published under this section is in addition to 
notice required by other law.
	SECTION 2.   Chapter 89, Local Government Code, is amended by 
adding Section 89.007 to read as follows:
	Sec. 89.007.  PUBLICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE IN 
SPANISH-LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER. (a)  This section applies only to a 
county in which more than 50 percent of the population is of 
Hispanic origin.
	(b)  In this section, "public notice" means any notice that a 
county must provide to the general public under Chapter 551, 
Government Code, or other law.
	(c)  A county shall publish a public notice in Spanish in a 
newspaper of general circulation in the county that is printed in 
Spanish, if there is a newspaper of general circulation in the 
county printed in Spanish.
	(d)  Notice published under this section is in addition to 
notice required by other law.
	SECTION 3.   This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.