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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 the publication of |
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notices by governmental entities or representatives in certain |
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counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. 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) meet one of the following requirements: |
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(A) be entered as periodical postal matter in the |
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county where published; |
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(B) [or] have a mailed or delivered circulation |
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of at least 51 percent of the residences in the county where |
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published; or |
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(C) for notices by a governmental entity or |
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representative of the county or a political subdivision located in |
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the county, be published in the county and designated by, as |
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applicable, commissioners court order or official action of the |
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governing body of the political subdivision as the newspaper for |
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publication of notices; 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |