S.B. No. 993
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the Texas Nonprofit Council to assist
with faith-based and community-based initiatives.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 535.055, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 535.055. TEXAS NONPROFIT COUNCIL [TASK FORCE ON
IMPROVING RELATIONS WITH NONPROFITS]. (a) The Texas Nonprofit
Council [interagency coordinating group task force] is established
to help direct the interagency coordinating group in carrying out
the group's duties under this section. The commission shall
provide administrative support to the council [task force].
(b) The executive commissioner, in consultation with the
presiding officer of the interagency coordinating group, shall
appoint as members of the council two representatives [task force
one representative] from each of the following groups and entities:
(1) [a] statewide nonprofit organizations
[organization];
(2) local governments;
(3) faith-based groups;
(4) community-based groups;
(5) consultants to nonprofit corporations; and
(6) [experts in grant writing; and
[(7) a] statewide associations [association] of
nonprofit organizations.
(c) The council [In addition to the interagency
coordinating group's other duties, the interagency coordinating
group], in coordination with the interagency coordinating group
[task force], shall:
(1) make recommendations [develop and implement a
plan] for improving contracting relationships between state
agencies and faith- and community-based organizations;
(2) develop best practices for cooperating and
collaborating with faith- and community-based organizations;
(3) identify and address duplication of services
provided by the state and faith- and community-based organizations;
and
(4) identify and address gaps in state services that
faith- and community-based organizations could fill.
(c-1) The council shall elect a chair or chairs and
secretary from among its members and shall assist the executive
commissioner in identifying individuals to fill vacant council
positions that arise.
(c-2) Council members serve three-year terms. The terms
expire on October 1 of every third year. A council member shall
serve a maximum of two consecutive terms.
(d) The council [task force] shall prepare a biennial report
detailing the council's work, including [describing actions taken
or not taken by the interagency coordinating group under this
section and include] in the report any recommendations relating to
legislation necessary to address an issue identified [by the group]
under this section. The council [task force] shall present the
report to the House Committee on Human Services or its successor,
the House Committee on Public Health or its successor, and the
Senate Health and Human Services Committee or its successor not
later than December 1 of each even-numbered year [September 1,
2012].
(e) Chapter 2110 does not apply to the Texas Nonprofit
Council.
(f) The Texas Nonprofit Council is subject to Chapter 325
(Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
that chapter, the council is abolished and this section expires
September 1, 2019. [This section expires September 1, 2013.]
SECTION 2. Not later than October 1, 2013, and by October 1
every three years thereafter, the executive commissioner of the
Health and Human Services Commission shall appoint members to the
Texas Nonprofit Council in accordance with Section 535.055,
Government Code, as amended by this Act.
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 August 31, 2013.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 993 passed the Senate on
April 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2013, by the
following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 993 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
Nays 2, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor