Texas § GV.441.1035 - STATE PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTED IN PHYSICAL FORMAT

§ GV.441.1035. STATE PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTED IN PHYSICAL FORMAT

STATE PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTED IN PHYSICAL FORMAT; NOTICE; ONLINE AVAILABILITY. (a) A state agency that distributes by subscription a state publication in a physical format, such as paper, tape, or disk, and without a fee or other cost to the subscriber shall make the publication accessible in an electronic format from the agency's Internet website. (b) When distributing a state publication in a physical format, a state agency that makes the publication accessible on its Internet website must inform each subscriber to the publication that the subscriber may, instead of receiving a physical copy, access the publication at the agency's Internet website. (c) If a subscriber prefers to access a publication at the state agency's Internet website and notifies the agency of that preference, the agency shall: (1) remove the subscriber from the distribution list for that publication; and (2) notify the subscriber electronically each time the publication becomes available at the agency's Internet website and provide an electronic link to the publication. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 20 (H.B. 423 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.