Tex. Gov't Code § 2051.159 · Subchapter E. UNIFORM ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL ACT
STANDARDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In implementing this subchapter, the official publisher of legal material in an electronic record shall consider:
(1) the standards and practices of other jurisdictions;
(2) the most recent standards regarding authentication, preservation, and security of and public access to legal material in an electronic record and other electronic records, as adopted by national standard-setting bodies;
(3) the needs of users of legal material in electronic records;
(4) the views of governmental officials and entities and other interested persons; and
(5) to the extent practicable, the methods and technologies for the authentication, preservation, and security of and public access to legal material that are compatible with the methods and technologies used by official publishers in other states that have adopted a law that is substantially similar to this subchapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 159 (H.B. 402), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2051.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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