TITLE: Relating to the posting of notice required to be published in a newspaper on the Internet website of certain municipalities.

SUMMARY: Relating to the posting of notice required to be published in a newspaper on the Internet website of certain municipalities.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the posting of notice required to be published in a newspaper on the Internet website of certain municipalities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 2051, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 2051.054 to read as follows: Sec. 2051.054. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION ON INTERNET FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES WITH NO NEWSPAPER. (a) This section applies only to a municipality: (1) that has a population of 25,000 or less; and (2) in which no newspaper is published. (b) A municipality may satisfy a requirement in any other law to provide notice by publication in a newspaper by posting the notice on its Internet website beginning on the earliest date provided for in the requirement and continuing until the day after the date the action for which notice was required occurs. 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.