{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2054.063","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 2054.063","heading":"ELECTRONIC REPORTING TO STATE AGENCIES.","body":"The department shall advise and consult with state agencies to assess opportunities for allowing persons to electronically file with an agency information that the agency requires a person to report. The department shall identify the cost of implementing an electronic reporting procedure and any barriers to electronic reporting. The department may:\n(1) survey state agencies to identify:\n(A) electronic reporting efforts currently being used by an agency;\n(B) common needs among agencies; and\n(C) opportunities to use a standardized approach to electronic reporting;\n(2) identify the costs associated with electronic reporting;\n(3) identify reports that may be filed electronically;\n(4) advise an agency regarding ways the agency may effectively and economically allow electronic reporting to the agency; and\n(5) develop and implement a plan to adopt electronic reporting in state government, whenever it is effective and efficient to do so.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 36, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE B. INFORMATION AND PLANNING","CHAPTER 2054. INFORMATION RESOURCES","SUBCHAPTER C. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.2054.htm#2054.063","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"4310c9e664fabc2577f30617c64acbc0672b68eb920e91d8997244d191740c29","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2054.062","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-2054.064"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}