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  By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Hall) H.B. No. 2985
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017;
  May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Intergovernmental Relations; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by
  the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the type of newspaper required for notice by
  publication in certain counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2051.0441(a), Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies only to a notice published by a
  governmental entity or representative in a county:
               (1)  with a population of at least 30,000 and not more
  than 39,000 [36,000] that borders the Red River; or
               (2)  that does not have a newspaper described by
  Section 2051.044 published in the county.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
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