87S20592 MWC-D
 
  By: Dominguez H.B. No. 194
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the display of emergency and other notices by a
  governmental entity on the entity's Internet website.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 2051, Government Code, as
  redesignated from Subchapter E, Chapter 2051, Government Code, by
  H.B. 1154 and H.B. 3607, Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2021, and as effective September 1, 2021, is amended by
  adding Section 2051.203 to read as follows:
         Sec. 2051.203.  REQUIRED POSTING OF NOTICE. (a) In this
  section "governmental entity" has the meaning assigned by Section
  2051.041.
         (b)  A governmental entity shall post in a prominent location
  on the home page of the entity's Internet website:
               (1)  each emergency notification issued by the entity;
  and
               (2)  any other official notice issued by the entity,
  including notices regarding the entity's ability or inability to
  provide services the entity normally provides to the public.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2022.