By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 1526
(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2009; March 17, 2009, read
first time and referred to Committee on International Relations and
Trade; March 25, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 25, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to financial and status reporting requirements for the
Border Health Institute.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 151.008, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 151.008. BIENNIAL [ANNUAL] REPORTING. Not later than
December 1 of each even-numbered [Each] year, the institute shall
provide to each member of the governing board of the institute and
to each member of the legislature whose district includes any
portion of a county where the Border Health Institute is
established or operating an [annual] audited financial statement
for each of the preceding two years and a status report of each
project undertaken by the institute.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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