Sec. 2054.063.  ELECTRONIC REPORTING TO STATE AGENCIES.  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:
(1)  survey state agencies to identify:
(A)  electronic reporting efforts currently being used by an agency;
(B)  common needs among agencies;  and
(C)  opportunities to use a standardized approach to electronic reporting;
(2)  identify the costs associated with electronic reporting;
(3)  identify reports that may be filed electronically;
(4)  advise an agency regarding ways the agency may effectively and economically allow electronic reporting to the agency;  and
(5)  develop and implement a plan to adopt electronic reporting in state government, whenever it is effective and efficient to do so.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 36, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.