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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authority for school districts to provide public notice |
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by posting the notice on the district's Internet website. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 11.177 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.177. AUTHORITY TO PUBLISH NOTICE ON DISTRICT |
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WEBSITE. (a) If a school district, the district's board of |
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trustees, or an officer of the board is required under state law to |
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publish notice concerning the district in a newspaper, the |
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district, board, or officer may instead post the notice on the |
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district's Internet website. |
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(b) Notice posted on an Internet website under Subsection |
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(a) must meet any content or deadline or other date requirements |
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established by law or rule for publishing that notice in a newspaper |
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and must meet or exceed any duration or frequency requirements |
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established by law or rule for publishing that notice in a |
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newspaper. The notice or a link to the notice must be posted in a |
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prominent place on the home page of the website. |
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(c) Notice posted on an Internet website under Subsection |
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(a) is not required to meet any page or type-size requirements |
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established by law or rule for publishing that notice in a |
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newspaper. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2011. |