TITLE: Relating to the posting of required notice by a political subdivision on Internet websites.

SUMMARY: Relating to the posting of required notice by a political subdivision on Internet websites.

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AN ACT relating to the posting of required notice by a political subdivision on Internet websites. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 2051, Government Code, is amended by adding Subchapter Eto read as follows: SUBCHAPTER E. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ON INTERNET FOR POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS Sec. 2051.151. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ON INTERNET. A political subdivision may satisfy a requirement in any other law to provide notice by publication in a newspaper by posting the notice continuously from the earliest date provided for in the requirement until the day after the date the action for which notice was required occurs: (1) on its Internet website; or (2) on a social media website if: (A) the political subdivision controls the content of the posting; and (B) the notice is easily found by searching the name of the political subdivision on the Internet. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.