Texas Register
TITLE 1 ADMINISTRATION
PART 10DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES
CHAPTER 206STATE WEB SITES
SUBCHAPTER BSTATE AGENCY WEB SITES
RULE §206.51Accessibility Policy and Coordinator
ISSUE 06/06/2008
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
(a)Each state agency shall develop and publish an accessibility policy, by June 30, 2009, which includes the standards and specifications of this chapter. [The home page of a state Web site, and key public entry points, shall include an "Accessibility" link to, or a "Site Policies" link to a Web page that contains the state agency's accessibility policy, site validation (e.g., §508), contact information for the agency's accessibility coordinator, and a link to the Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities Web site.]

(b)Each state agency's accessibility policy shall include a plan by which all non-compliant Web pages, Web sites and Web applications will be brought into compliance with the specifications and standards of this chapter.

(c)The department shall develop and publish a standard operating procedure to manage agency non-compliance identified through a survey, including a process for corrective action plan.

(d)Each state agency shall appoint an accessibility coordinator to develop, support and maintain their internal accessibility policy.

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on May 22, 2008

TRD-200802703

Renée Mauzy

General Counsel

Department of Information Resources

Earliest possible date of adoption: July 6, 2008

For further information, please call: (512) 463-6124

 

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