By: Shapiro S.B. No. 247
(In the Senate - Filed December 7, 2010; January 31, 2011,
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
March 8, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; March 8, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Texas Holocaust and Genocide
Commission to participate in the establishment and operation of an
affiliated nonprofit organization and provide grants.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 449.052, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The commission may provide matching grants to assist in
the implementation of the commission's goals and objectives.
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 449.053, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The commission may accept gifts and grants from a public
or private source for the commission to use in performing the
commission's powers and duties under this chapter. The commission
may participate in the establishment and operation of an affiliated
nonprofit organization whose purpose is to raise funds for or
provide services or other benefits to the commission.
SECTION 3. 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, 2011.
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