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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of e-mail and website technology by the Texas |
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Department of Licensing and Regulation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.207, Occupations Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.207. USE OF TECHNOLOGY. (a) The commission shall |
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develop and implement a policy requiring the executive director and |
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department employees to research and propose appropriate |
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technological solutions to improve the department's ability to |
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perform its functions. The technological solutions must: |
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(1) ensure that the public is able to easily find |
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information about the department on the Internet; |
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(2) ensure that persons who want to use the |
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department's services are able to: |
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(A) interact with the department through the |
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Internet; and |
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(B) access any service that can be provided |
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effectively through the Internet; and |
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(3) be cost-effective and developed through the |
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department's planning processes. |
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(b) The department shall provide on its Internet website a |
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link to an Internet website that allows the public to track |
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legislation affecting the programs administered by the department, |
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which may be a website that provides legislative information |
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administered by the Texas Legislature. |
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(c) The department may satisfy any requirement under this |
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chapter or another law governing a program subject to regulation by |
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the department to provide notice by delivering the notice by e-mail |
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to the recipient's last known e-mail address if the recipient has |
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previously authorized the department to deliver the notice by |
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e-mail. An e-mail address used under this subsection is |
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confidential and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, |
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Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |