Tex. Gov't Code § 2054.460 · Subchapter M. ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION RESOURCES BY INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES
EXCEPTION FOR SIGNIFICANT DIFFICULTY OR EXPENSE; ALTERNATE METHODS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If compliance with a provision of this subchapter imposes a significant difficulty or expense on a state agency, the agency is not required to comply with that provision, but the agency may provide individuals with disabilities an alternate method of access under Subsection (b).
(b) If under Subsection (a) a state agency is not complying with a provision of this subchapter, the agency may use alternate methods to provide timely access by individuals with disabilities to state agency electronic and information resources, including access to product documentation. Alternate methods include voice, fax, teletypewriter, Internet posting, captioning, text-to-speech synthesis, and audio description.
(c) In determining whether compliance imposes a significant difficulty or expense on the state agency, the agency shall consider all agency resources available to the program or program component for which the product is being developed, procured, maintained, or used.
(d) The department shall adopt rules to implement this section.
(e) The executive director of the state agency shall make the final decision on whether this section applies. The decision may not be appealed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 750 (H.B. 2819), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2054.htm
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- 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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