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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the posting of required notice by a political |
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subdivision on Internet websites. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 2051, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subchapter E to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER E. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ON INTERNET FOR POLITICAL |
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SUBDIVISIONS |
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Sec. 2051.151. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ON INTERNET. A |
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political subdivision may satisfy a requirement in any other law to |
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provide notice by publication in a newspaper by posting the notice |
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continuously from the earliest date provided for in the requirement |
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until the day after the date the action for which notice was |
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required occurs: |
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(1) on its Internet website; or |
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(2) on a social media website, provided that: |
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(A) the political subdivision controls the |
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content of the posting; and |
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(B) the notice is easily found by searching the |
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name of the political subdivision on the Internet. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |