79R5129 MXM-F
By: Delisi H.B. No. 423
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 423:
By: Delisi C.S.H.B. No. 423
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the online availability of certain state publications.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 441, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 441.1035 to read as follows:
Sec. 441.1035. STATE PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTED IN PHYSICAL
FORMAT; NOTICE; ONLINE AVAILABILITY. (a) A state agency that
distributes by subscription a state publication in a physical
format, such as paper, tape, or disk, and without a fee or other
cost to the subscriber shall make the publication accessible in an
electronic format from the agency's Internet website.
(b) When distributing a state publication in a physical
format, a state agency that makes the publication accessible on its
Internet website must inform each subscriber to the publication
that the subscriber may, instead of receiving a physical copy,
access the publication at the agency's Internet website.
(c) If a subscriber prefers to access a publication at the
state agency's Internet website and notifies the agency of that
preference, the agency shall:
(1) remove the subscriber from the distribution list
for that publication; and
(2) notify the subscriber electronically each time the
publication becomes available at the agency's Internet website and
provide an electronic link to the publication.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.