By: Phillips, Homer (Senate Sponsor - Deuell) H.B. No. 2898
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2003;
May 13, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 22, 2003, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0, 1 present not voting;
May 22, 2003, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the publication of notice in a newspaper in certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2051.044, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) This section does not apply to the publication of a
notice to which Section 2051.0441 applies.
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 2051, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2051.0441 to read as follows:
Sec. 2051.0441. TYPE OF NEWSPAPER REQUIRED FOR PUBLICATION
IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a notice
published in a county with a population of at least 30,000 and not
more than 36,000 that borders the Red River by a governmental entity
or representative.
(b) The newspaper in which a notice is published under this
section must:
(1) devote not less than 20 percent of its total column
lineage to general interest items;
(2) be published at least once each week;
(3) be entered as second-class postal matter in the
county where published or have a mailed or delivered circulation of
at least 51 percent of the residences in the county where published;
and
(4) have been published regularly and continuously for
at least 12 months before the governmental entity or representative
publishes notice.
(c) A weekly newspaper has been published regularly and
continuously under Subsection (b) if the newspaper omits not more
than two issues in the 12-month period.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
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