GOVERNMENT CODE

CHAPTER 313. NOTICE FOR LOCAL AND SPECIAL LAWS


	§ 313.001.  NOTICE.  A person who intends to apply for 
the passage of a local or special law must give notice of that 
intention as prescribed by this chapter.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.                    


	§ 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.  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.                           

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.                    


	§ 313.003.  PUBLICATION OF NOTICE FOR LAWS PRIMARILY 
AFFECTING PERSONS.  (a)  If a resident of this state intends to 
apply for passage of a law that will primarily affect persons and 
will not directly affect a particular locality more than it will 
affect another, the person applying for passage must publish notice 
in a newspaper published in the county in which the person resides 
in the same manner as if the law will affect the locality.
	(b)  If the applicant is not a resident of this state, 
publication of notice in a newspaper published in Austin is 
sufficient.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.                    


	§ 313.004.  PROOF OF PUBLICATION OR POSTING.  (a)  If 
publication of notice in a newspaper is required by law, proof of 
publication shall be made by the affidavit of the publisher 
accompanied by a printed copy of the notice as published.
	(b)  Proof of posting may be made by the return of the sheriff 
or constable or by the affidavit of a credible person made on a copy 
of the posted notice showing the fact of the posting.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.                    


	§ 313.005.  INTRODUCTION OF LAW.  When a local or special 
law is introduced in the legislature, the law must be accompanied by 
competent proof that notice was given.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.