83R6587 MTB-D
By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 1487
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the searchable state expenditure database maintained by
the comptroller.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 403.024(c), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) To the extent possible, the comptroller shall present
information in the database established under this section in a
manner that is searchable and intuitive to users. The comptroller
shall enhance and organize the presentation of the information
through the use of graphical representations, such as pie charts,
as the comptroller considers appropriate. At a minimum, the
database must allow users to:
(1) search and aggregate state funding by any element
of the information;
(2) ascertain through a single search the total amount
of state funding awarded to a person by a state agency; [and]
(3) download information yielded by a search of the
database; and
(4) for a state expenditure in the form of a grant,
ascertain the specific purposes for which the grant money was used.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.