Bill Text: TX SB933 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the electronic submission of certain documents to the attorney general and the submission of certain documents by the attorney general; imposing certain fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-04-29 - Referred to Government Efficiency & Reform [SB933 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB933-Engrossed.html
| By: Ellis | S.B. No. 933 | |
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| relating to the electronic submission of certain documents to the | ||
| attorney general and the submission of certain documents by the | ||
| attorney general; imposing certain fees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 402.006, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The attorney general may charge and collect a | ||
| nonrefundable administrative convenience fee for the electronic | ||
| submission of a document to the attorney general. The fee | ||
| authorized by this section is in addition to any other fee the | ||
| attorney general may assess. The attorney general may adopt rules | ||
| necessary to administer this subsection. This subsection expires | ||
| September 1, 2015. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 552, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 552.309 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 552.309. TIMELINESS OF ACTION BY ELECTRONIC | ||
| SUBMISSION. (a) When this subchapter requires a request, notice, | ||
| or other document to be submitted or otherwise given to the attorney | ||
| general within a specified period, the requirement is met in a | ||
| timely fashion if the document is submitted to the attorney general | ||
| through the attorney general's designated electronic filing system | ||
| within that period. | ||
| (b) The attorney general may electronically transmit a | ||
| notice, decision, or other document. When this subchapter requires | ||
| the attorney general to deliver a notice, decision, or other | ||
| document within a specified period, the requirement is met in a | ||
| timely fashion if the document is electronically transmitted by the | ||
| attorney general within that period. | ||
| (c) This section does not affect the right of a person or | ||
| governmental body to submit information to the attorney general | ||
| under Section 552.308. | ||
| SECTION 3. The fee prescribed by Subsection (d), Section | ||
| 402.006, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a | ||
| document electronically submitted to the office of the attorney | ||
| general on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
