84R12157 YDB-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1668
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an online searchable central grant database.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 403.024, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) The comptroller, in consultation with the interagency
coordinating group established under Section 535.053, the Texas
Nonprofit Council established under Section 535.055, the Texas
State Library and Archives Commission, and the Department of
Information Resources, shall adopt rules to:
(1) establish a searchable grant database separate
from the searchable contract database that includes online
information and document storage as described by Section
441.010(b-1); and
(2) ensure consistent application by state agencies of
federal regulations applicable to federal grant money distributed
by state agencies to grant applicants.
SECTION 2. Section 441.010, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
(b-1) The commission, in consultation with the comptroller,
the department, the interagency coordinating group established
under Section 535.053, the Texas Nonprofit Council established
under Section 535.055, and the advisory committee appointed under
Subsection (e), shall design the database established under
Subsection (b) to include online information and document storage
that allows nonprofit organizations to:
(1) access the database with a unique login;
(2) privately store in the database, through the
unique login, information that will be repeatedly used on grant
application forms;
(3) populate the information required on grant
application forms with the stored information; and
(4) privately store in the database, through the
unique login, grant applications previously submitted through the
database.
(b-2) The commission may assist the comptroller in
establishing a single searchable grant database that meets the
requirements of this section and Section 403.024 and that may be
used by both agencies.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.