85R6037 TSR-F
By: Burton S.B. No. 446
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the acceptance or expenditure of federal funds by a
political subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 140.012 to read as follows:
Sec. 140.012. ACCEPTANCE AND EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
(a) Before a political subdivision may accept or expend a federal
grant or other federal funds that have not been appropriated by the
legislature, the political subdivision shall report to the
comptroller:
(1) the total amount of federal funds to be received or
expended; and
(2) the proposed use of the federal funds.
(b) The comptroller:
(1) may develop and maintain an online reporting
system for the submission of information required to be reported
under Subsection (a); and
(2) shall make available to the public, on the
comptroller's Internet website, a searchable database of
information reported under Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. 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, 2017.