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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the secretary of state to publish the session |
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laws of the legislature electronically and eliminating certain |
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requirements for publishing and distributing volumes of the session |
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laws. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 405.014, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 405.014. ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE. (a) At each |
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session of the legislature the secretary of state shall obtain the |
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bills that have become law. Immediately after the closing of each |
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session of the legislature, the secretary of state shall bind all |
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enrolled bills and resolutions in volumes on which the date of the |
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session is placed. |
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(b) As soon as practicable after the closing of each session |
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of the legislature, the secretary of state shall publish and |
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maintain electronically the bills enacted at that session. The |
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electronic publication must be: |
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(1) indexed by bill number and assigned chapter number |
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for each bill; and |
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(2) made available by an electronic link on the |
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secretary of state's generally accessible Internet website. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 2158, Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act does not apply |
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to a contract for the publication of the laws of this state entered |
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into before the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |