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| 1 | 1 | 85R607 TSR-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Krause H.B. No. 135 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to reporting by political subdivisions regarding the | |
| 8 | 8 | receipt or expenditure of federal funds. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by adding Section 140.012 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 140.012. RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS. A | |
| 13 | 13 | political subdivision that receives or expends a federal grant or | |
| 14 | 14 | other federal funds that have not been appropriated by the | |
| 15 | 15 | legislature shall report to the Legislative Budget Board, the | |
| 16 | 16 | comptroller, and the governor not later than the 90th day of the | |
| 17 | 17 | political subdivision's fiscal year: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) the total amount of federal funds received or | |
| 19 | 19 | expended in the previous fiscal year; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) the use or proposed use of those federal funds. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |