79R2196 MXM-D

By:  Delisi                                                       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.  MAILED STATE PUBLICATIONS; NOTICE; ONLINE 
AVAILABILITY.  (a)  A state agency that mails a state publication 
shall make the publication accessible in an electronic format from 
the agency's Internet website.  If the agency does not have a 
website, the agency shall deposit the electronic source file for 
the publication in the manner prescribed by commission rules.
	(b)  When mailing a state publication, a state agency that 
makes the publication accessible on its Internet website must 
inform each recipient of the publication that the recipient may, 
instead of receiving a mailed copy, access the publication at the 
agency's Internet website.
	(c)  If a recipient 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 recipient from the mailing list for 
that publication; and
		(2)  notify the recipient 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.