Texas § 313.002 PUBLICATION OR POSTING OF NOTICE FOR LAWS AFFECTING LOCALITIES.

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§ 313.002 — PUBLICATION OR POSTING OF NOTICE FOR LAWS AFFECTING LOCALITIES.

Texas § 313.002

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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 313.002 (2026).

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Sec. 313.002. PUBLICATION OR POSTING OF NOTICE FOR LAWS AFFECTING LOCALITIES.

(a)A person who intends to apply for the passage of a local or special law must publish notice of that intention in a newspaper published in the county embracing the locality the law will affect.

(b)The notice must be published once not later than the 30th day before the date on which the intended law is introduced in the legislature.

(c)The notice is sufficient if it contains a statement of the general purpose and substance of the intended law and the name of the person paying for the publication. Publication of the particular form of the intended law or the terms used in the intended law is not required.

(d)If the intended law will affect more than one county, the person applying for passage of the law must

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Sec. 313.002. PUBLICATION OR POSTING OF NOTICE FOR LAWS AFFECTING LOCALITIES. (a) A person who intends to apply for the passage of a local or special law must publish notice of that intention in a newspaper published in the county embracing the locality the law will affect.
(b) The notice must be published once not later than the 30th day before the date on which the intended law is introduced in the legislature.
(c) The notice is sufficient if it contains a statement of the general purpose and substance of the intended law and the name of the person paying for the publication. Publication of the particular form of the intended law or the terms used in the intended law is not required.
(d) If the intended law will affect more than one county, the person applying for passage of the law must publish notice in each county the law will affect.
(e) If a newspaper is not published in the county, the person applying for passage of the law must post the notice at the courthouse door and at five other public places in the immediate locality in the county the law will affect.
(f) The posted notice must accurately define the locality the law will affect.
(g) The notice must be posted for at least 30 days.

Legislative History

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 815 (H.B. 2365 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.