Texas § 2170.005 POLICIES, GUIDELINES, AND OPERATING PROCEDURES.

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§ 2170.005 — POLICIES, GUIDELINES, AND OPERATING PROCEDURES.

Texas § 2170.005

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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 2170.005 (2026).

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Sec. 2170.005. POLICIES, GUIDELINES, AND OPERATING PROCEDURES.

(a)To ensure efficient operation of the consolidated telecommunications system at minimum cost to the state, the department shall adopt and disseminate to all agencies appropriate guidelines and operating procedures and may publish telephone directories listed under Sections 55.202 and 55.203 , Utilities Code, on a state Internet website.

(b)Each agency shall comply with the policies, guidelines, and operating procedures.

(c)Telephone directories published by the department under this section and Section 2170.059 must be revised regularly and must list state telephone numbers alphabetically by the subject matter of agency programs as well as alphabetically by agency. The subject matter listing of programs and telephone numbe

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Sec. 2170.005. POLICIES, GUIDELINES, AND OPERATING PROCEDURES. (a) To ensure efficient operation of the consolidated telecommunications system at minimum cost to the state, the department shall adopt and disseminate to all agencies appropriate guidelines and operating procedures and may publish telephone directories listed under Sections 55.202 and 55.203 , Utilities Code, on a state Internet website.
(b) Each agency shall comply with the policies, guidelines, and operating procedures.
(c) Telephone directories published by the department under this section and Section 2170.059 must be revised regularly and must list state telephone numbers alphabetically by the subject matter of agency programs as well as alphabetically by agency. The subject matter listing of programs and telephone numbers in the telephone directories must be consistent with the categorization developed by the Records Management Interagency Coordinating Council under Section 441.203 . The department may authorize, under procedures and rules considered appropriate by the department, a method to recover development, publication, and distribution costs of the directories.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1186, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 4.19, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1180 (H.B. 3395 ), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2011. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1074 (H.B. 1500 ), Sec. 26, eff. September 1, 2025.