82R126 EAH-D

By: Sheffield H.B. No. 726

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the electronic distribution of information to

legislators by state agencies.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Sections 2052.002(a) and (c), Government Code,

are amended to read as follows:

(a) To avoid waste in the duplication and distribution of

state agency publications, a state agency that issues a publication

relating to the work of the agency and distributes the publication

to members of the legislature shall send to each member before

distributing the publication an electronic [a written] notice to

determine whether the member wants to receive the publication.

(c) A member who elects to receive the publication shall

notify the state agency. The member may notify the agency

electronically.

SECTION 2. Section 2052.0021(d), Government Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(d) At the time a report required by law is ready for

distribution outside the state agency, the agency shall send

written notice to each member of the legislature that the report is

available. The agency shall send the notice [by mail or, if it is

acceptable to the member,] electronically. The notice must briefly

describe the subject matter of the report and state:

(1) the manner in which the member may obtain the

report electronically; and

(2) that the agency will send a printed copy of the

report to the member at the request of the member.

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, 2011.