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 09/12/2008
ACTION Final/Adopted
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.

(b)Each state agency's accessibility policy shall include a plan by which all Web pages, Web sites and Web applications that are subject to the Web accessibility standards 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, including a process for a corrective action plan to remediate non-compliant items identified through an accessibility survey.

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

This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on August 27, 2008

TRD-200804665

K. Renee Mauzy

General Counsel

Department of Information Resources

Effective date: September 16, 2008

Proposal publication date: June 6, 2008

For further information, please call: (512) 475-4700

 

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