S.B. No. 919
AN ACT
relating to the kinds of mail service that may be used under the
public information law to send a notice or any other document to a
person.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 552.308, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 552.308. TIMELINESS OF ACTION BY UNITED STATES MAIL,
[OR] INTERAGENCY MAIL, OR COMMON OR CONTRACT CARRIER.
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 552.308, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) When this subchapter requires a request, notice, or
other document to be submitted or otherwise given to a person within
a specified period, the requirement is met in a timely fashion if
the document is sent to the person by first class United States mail
or common or contract carrier properly addressed with postage or
handling charges prepaid and:
(1) it bears a post office cancellation mark or a
receipt mark of a common or contract carrier indicating a time
within that period; or
(2) the person required to submit or otherwise give
the document furnishes satisfactory proof that it was deposited in
the mail or with a common or contract carrier within that 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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 919 passed the Senate on
April 25, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 919 passed the House on
May 23, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor