Amend CSHB 3873 (house committee report) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and 
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____. Subchapter DD, Chapter 2306, Government Code, 
is amended by adding Section 2306.67171 to read as follows:
	Sec. 2306.67171. ELECTRONIC MAIL NOTIFICATION SERVICE. (a) 
The department shall maintain an electronic mail notification 
service to which any person in this state may electronically 
subscribe to receive information concerning the status of 
preapplications and applications under this subchapter.
	(b) The electronic mail notification service maintained 
under Subsection (a) must:
		(1) allow a subscriber to request for a zip code 
notification of:    
			(A) the filing of any preapplication or 
application concerning a development that is or will be located in 
the zip code;
			(B) any change in the status of an application or 
preapplication described by Paragraph (A); and
			(C) any public hearing to be held concerning an 
application or preapplication described by Paragragh (A); and
		(2) respond to a subscriber via electronic mail not 
later than the later of:
			(A) the third business day after the date the 
department receives notice of an event described by Subdivision 
(1); or
			(B) if applicable, the date or dates specified by 
Section 2306.6717 (a).
	(c) The department may include in an electronic mail 
notification sent to a subscriber any applicable information 
described by Section 2306.6717.
	SECTION ____. The Texas Department of Housing and Community 
Affairs shall have the electronic mail notification service 
required to be maintained under Section 2306.67171, Government 
Code, as added by this Act, fully functional and able to receive 
subscription requests and respond appropriately to those requests 
not later than January 1, 2008.