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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the type of newspaper required for publication of |
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notice. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2051.044(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The newspaper in which a notice is published must: |
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(1) devote not less than 25 percent of its total column |
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lineage to general interest items; |
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(2) be published at least once each week; |
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(3) be entered as second-class postal matter in the |
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county where published or have a mailed or delivered circulation to |
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residences in the county where published; and |
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(4) have been published regularly and continuously for |
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at least 12 months before the governmental entity or representative |
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publishes notice. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2051.0441(b), Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The newspaper in which a notice is published under this |
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section must: |
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(1) devote not less than 20 percent of its total column |
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lineage to general interest items; |
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(2) be published at least once each week; |
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(3) be entered as periodical postal matter in the |
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county where published or have a mailed or delivered circulation to |
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[of at least 51 percent of the] residences in the county where |
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published; and |
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(4) have been published regularly and continuously for |
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at least 12 months before the governmental entity or representative |
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publishes notice. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |