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1 | - | S.B. No. 241 | |
1 | + | 86R25079 JCG-D | |
2 | + | By: Nelson S.B. No. 241 | |
3 | + | (Longoria) | |
4 | + | Substitute the following for S.B. No. 241: No. | |
2 | 5 | ||
3 | 6 | ||
7 | + | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
4 | 8 | AN ACT | |
5 | 9 | relating to certain required reports received or prepared by state | |
6 | 10 | agencies and other governmental entities. | |
7 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
8 | 12 | ARTICLE 1. REPORTS REQUIRED OF STATE AGENCIES | |
9 | 13 | SECTION 1.01. Section 21.0452(b), Education Code, is | |
10 | 14 | amended to read as follows: | |
11 | 15 | (b) The board shall make available at least the following | |
12 | 16 | information regarding each educator preparation program: | |
13 | 17 | (1) the information specified in Sections 21.045(a) | |
14 | 18 | and (b); | |
15 | 19 | (2) in addition to any other appropriate information | |
16 | 20 | indicating the quality of persons admitted to the program, the | |
17 | 21 | average academic qualifications possessed by persons admitted to | |
18 | 22 | the program, including: | |
19 | 23 | (A) average overall grade point average and | |
20 | 24 | average grade point average in specific subject areas; and | |
21 | 25 | (B) average scores on the Scholastic Assessment | |
22 | 26 | Test (SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the Graduate Record | |
23 | 27 | Examination (GRE), as applicable; | |
24 | 28 | (3) the degree to which persons who complete the | |
25 | 29 | program are successful in obtaining teaching positions; | |
26 | 30 | (4) the extent to which the program prepares teachers, | |
27 | 31 | including general education teachers and special education | |
28 | 32 | teachers, to effectively teach: | |
29 | 33 | (A) students with disabilities; and | |
30 | 34 | (B) students of limited English proficiency, as | |
31 | 35 | defined by Section 29.052; | |
32 | 36 | (5) the activities offered by the program that are | |
33 | 37 | designed to prepare teachers to: | |
34 | 38 | (A) integrate technology effectively into | |
35 | 39 | curricula and instruction, including activities consistent with | |
36 | 40 | the principles of universal design for learning; and | |
37 | 41 | (B) use technology effectively to collect, | |
38 | 42 | manage, and analyze data to improve teaching and learning for the | |
39 | 43 | purpose of increasing student academic achievement; | |
40 | 44 | (6) for each semester, the average ratio of field | |
41 | 45 | supervisors to candidates completing student teaching, clinical | |
42 | 46 | teaching, or an internship in an educator preparation program; | |
43 | 47 | (7) [the percentage of teachers employed under a | |
44 | 48 | standard teaching certificate within one year of completing the | |
45 | 49 | program; | |
46 | 50 | [(8)] the perseverance of beginning teachers in the | |
47 | 51 | profession, as determined on the basis of the number of beginning | |
48 | 52 | teachers who maintain status as active contributing members in the | |
49 | 53 | Teacher Retirement System of Texas for at least three years after | |
50 | 54 | certification in comparison to similar programs; | |
51 | 55 | (8) [(9)] the results of exit surveys given to program | |
52 | 56 | participants on completion of the program that involve evaluation | |
53 | 57 | of the program's effectiveness in preparing participants to succeed | |
54 | 58 | in the classroom; | |
55 | 59 | (9) [(10)] the results of surveys given to school | |
56 | 60 | principals that involve evaluation of the program's effectiveness | |
57 | 61 | in preparing participants to succeed in the classroom, based on | |
58 | 62 | experience with employed program participants; and | |
59 | 63 | (10) [(11)] the results of teacher satisfaction | |
60 | 64 | surveys developed under Section 21.045 and given to program | |
61 | 65 | participants at the end of the first year of teaching. | |
62 | 66 | SECTION 1.02. Section 51.402(b), Education Code, is amended | |
63 | 67 | to read as follows: | |
64 | 68 | (b) The governing board of each institution of higher | |
65 | 69 | education in the state shall adopt rules and regulations concerning | |
66 | 70 | faculty academic workloads. In adopting rules under this | |
67 | 71 | subsection, each institution shall recognize that classroom | |
68 | 72 | teaching, basic and applied research, and professional development | |
69 | 73 | are important elements of faculty academic workloads by giving | |
70 | 74 | appropriate weight to each activity when determining the standards | |
71 | 75 | for faculty academic workload. An institution may give the same or | |
72 | 76 | different weight to each activity and to other activities | |
73 | 77 | recognized by the institution as important elements of faculty | |
74 | 78 | academic workloads. The established rules and regulations of each | |
75 | 79 | institution shall be [reported to the coordinating board and] | |
76 | 80 | included in the operating budgets of each institution. | |
77 | 81 | SECTION 1.03. Section 51.680(c), Education Code, is amended | |
78 | 82 | to read as follows: | |
79 | 83 | (c) It is a policy of the state that each institution of | |
80 | 84 | higher education shall at all times [after August 31, 1988,] have a | |
81 | 85 | current copy of its intellectual property policies that meet the | |
82 | 86 | minimum standards set out in Subsection (a) [on file with the Texas | |
83 | 87 | Higher Education Coordinating Board or] posted on the institution's | |
84 | 88 | website on the Internet in a manner available to the public. The | |
85 | 89 | commissioner of higher education shall establish procedures for the | |
86 | 90 | monitoring of this policy of the state. | |
87 | 91 | SECTION 1.04. Section 51.751(b), Education Code, is amended | |
88 | 92 | to read as follows: | |
89 | 93 | (b) The center shall examine the efficiency of the public | |
90 | 94 | school system and the effectiveness of instructional methods and | |
91 | 95 | curricular programs and promote the use of successful methods and | |
92 | 96 | programs. The center shall monitor and evaluate the implementation | |
93 | 97 | of the accountability system under Chapters 39 and 39A [and provide | |
94 | 98 | annual progress reports to the governor, Legislative Budget Board, | |
95 | 99 | and commissioner of education]. | |
96 | - | SECTION 1.05. Section 52.335, Education Code, is amended by | |
97 | - | adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | |
98 | - | (b-1) A participating higher educational institution is not | |
99 | - | required to provide in any disclosure or report required under this | |
100 | - | section information regarding loans issued by a private entity. | |
101 | - | SECTION 1.06. Section 531.028(b), Government Code, is | |
100 | + | SECTION 1.05. Section 531.028(b), Government Code, is | |
102 | 101 | amended to read as follows: | |
103 | 102 | (b) The executive commissioner shall establish a federal | |
104 | 103 | money management system to coordinate and monitor the use of | |
105 | 104 | federal money that is received by health and human services | |
106 | 105 | agencies to ensure that the money is spent in the most efficient | |
107 | 106 | manner and shall: | |
108 | 107 | (1) establish priorities for use of federal money by | |
109 | 108 | all health and human services agencies, in coordination with the | |
110 | 109 | coordinated strategic plan established under Section 531.022 [and | |
111 | 110 | the budget prepared under Section 531.026]; | |
112 | 111 | (2) coordinate and monitor the use of federal money | |
113 | 112 | for health and human services to ensure that the money is spent in | |
114 | 113 | the most cost-effective manner throughout the health and human | |
115 | 114 | services system; | |
116 | 115 | (3) review and approve all federal funding plans for | |
117 | 116 | health and human services in this state; | |
118 | 117 | (4) estimate available federal money, including | |
119 | 118 | earned federal money, and monitor unspent money; | |
120 | 119 | (5) ensure that the state meets federal requirements | |
121 | 120 | relating to receipt of federal money for health and human services, | |
122 | 121 | including requirements relating to state matching money and | |
123 | 122 | maintenance of effort; | |
124 | 123 | (6) transfer appropriated amounts as described by | |
125 | 124 | Section 531.0271; and | |
126 | 125 | (7) ensure that each governmental entity identified | |
127 | 126 | under Section 531.022(e) has access to complete and timely | |
128 | 127 | information about all sources of federal money for health and human | |
129 | 128 | services programs and that technical assistance is available to | |
130 | 129 | governmental entities seeking grants of federal money to provide | |
131 | 130 | health and human services. | |
132 | - | SECTION 1. | |
131 | + | SECTION 1.06. Sections 531.421(3) and (4), Government Code, | |
133 | 132 | are amended to read as follows: | |
134 | 133 | (3) ["Consortium" means the Texas System of Care | |
135 | 134 | Consortium established under Subchapter G-1. | |
136 | 135 | [(4)] "Systems of care services" means a comprehensive | |
137 | 136 | state system of mental health services and other necessary and | |
138 | 137 | related services that is organized as a coordinated network to meet | |
139 | 138 | the multiple and changing needs of children with severe emotional | |
140 | 139 | disturbances and their families. | |
141 | - | SECTION 1. | |
140 | + | SECTION 1.07. Section 531.422(c), Government Code, is | |
142 | 141 | amended to read as follows: | |
143 | 142 | (c) Each community resource coordination group shall submit | |
144 | 143 | the report described by Subsection (b) to the commission | |
145 | 144 | [consortium]. The commission [consortium] shall provide [a | |
146 | 145 | deadline] to each group a deadline for submitting the reports that | |
147 | 146 | is[. The time frame for completing the reports must be] coordinated | |
148 | 147 | with any regional reviews by the commission of the delivery of | |
149 | 148 | related services. | |
150 | - | SECTION 1. | |
149 | + | SECTION 1.08. Section 531.423, Government Code, is amended | |
151 | 150 | to read as follows: | |
152 | 151 | Sec. 531.423. SUMMARY REPORT BY COMMISSION [CONSORTIUM]. | |
153 | 152 | (a) The commission [consortium] shall create a summary report | |
154 | 153 | based on the evaluations in the reports submitted to the commission | |
155 | 154 | [consortium] by community resource coordination groups under | |
156 | 155 | Section 531.422. The commission's [consortium's] report must | |
157 | 156 | include recommendations for policy and statutory changes at each | |
158 | 157 | agency that is involved in the provision of systems of care services | |
159 | 158 | and the outcome expected from implementing each recommendation. | |
160 | 159 | (b) The commission [consortium] shall coordinate, where | |
161 | 160 | appropriate, the recommendations in the report created under this | |
162 | 161 | section with recommendations in the assessment developed under | |
163 | 162 | Chapter 23 (S.B. [No.] 491), Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular | |
164 | 163 | Session, 2003, and with the continuum of care developed under | |
165 | 164 | Section 533.040(d), Health and Safety Code [S.B. No. 490, Acts of | |
166 | 165 | the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003]. | |
167 | 166 | (c) The commission [consortium] may include in the report | |
168 | 167 | created under this section recommendations for the statewide | |
169 | 168 | expansion of sites participating in the Texas System of Care and the | |
170 | 169 | integration of services provided at those sites with services | |
171 | 170 | provided by community resource coordination groups. | |
172 | 171 | (d) The commission [consortium] shall provide a copy of the | |
173 | 172 | report created under this section to each agency for which the | |
174 | 173 | report makes a recommendation and to other agencies as appropriate. | |
175 | - | SECTION 1. | |
174 | + | SECTION 1.09. Section 2003.108, Government Code, is amended | |
176 | 175 | to read as follows: | |
177 | 176 | Sec. 2003.108. PENDING CASE STATUS REVIEW [REPORTS]. | |
178 | 177 | [(a) The office shall provide the comptroller a monthly status | |
179 | 178 | report that lists pending cases and provides information on any | |
180 | 179 | case that exceeds the comptroller's time lines for issuing a | |
181 | 180 | proposal for decision or an agreed order. | |
182 | 181 | [(b)] At least quarterly, the office shall review with the | |
183 | 182 | comptroller and appropriate staff of the office the status of | |
184 | 183 | pending cases under this subchapter. | |
185 | 184 | [(c) The office shall provide a quarterly report to the | |
186 | 185 | comptroller on services performed by the office for the comptroller | |
187 | 186 | under this subchapter.] | |
188 | - | SECTION 1. | |
187 | + | SECTION 1.10. Section 2054.075(b), Government Code, is | |
189 | 188 | amended to read as follows: | |
190 | 189 | (b) Each state agency [shall provide that its] information | |
191 | 190 | resources manager is part of the agency's executive management and | |
192 | 191 | reports directly [to a person with a title functionally equivalent] | |
193 | 192 | to the executive head [director] or deputy executive head of the | |
194 | 193 | agency [director]. Each state agency shall report to the | |
195 | 194 | department the extent and results of its compliance with this | |
196 | 195 | subsection and include with the report an organizational chart | |
197 | 196 | showing the structure of the personnel in the agency's executive | |
198 | 197 | management. The[, and the] department shall report the extent and | |
199 | 198 | results of state agencies' compliance with this subsection to the | |
200 | 199 | legislature. | |
201 | - | SECTION 1. | |
200 | + | SECTION 1.11. Section 2054.100(a), Government Code, is | |
202 | 201 | amended to read as follows: | |
203 | 202 | (a) Each state agency shall submit an operating plan to the | |
204 | 203 | Legislative Budget Board, [the department,] the quality assurance | |
205 | 204 | team, and the governor each state fiscal biennium in accordance | |
206 | 205 | with the directions of the Legislative Budget Board. | |
207 | - | SECTION 1. | |
206 | + | SECTION 1.12. Section 2054.103, Government Code, is amended | |
208 | 207 | to read as follows: | |
209 | 208 | Sec. 2054.103. SUBMISSION OF OPERATING PLANS. Each state | |
210 | 209 | agency shall send a copy of its biennial operating plan and of any | |
211 | 210 | amendments to the plan, as approved by the Legislative Budget | |
212 | 211 | Board, to the governor[, the department,] and the state auditor not | |
213 | 212 | later than the 30th day after the date the Legislative Budget Board | |
214 | 213 | approves the plan or amendment, as applicable. | |
215 | - | SECTION 1. | |
214 | + | SECTION 1.13. Sections 2054.133(c) and (f), Government | |
216 | 215 | Code, are amended to read as follows: | |
217 | 216 | (c) Not later than June 1 [October 15] of each even-numbered | |
218 | 217 | year, each state agency shall submit a copy of the agency's | |
219 | 218 | information security plan to the department. Subject to available | |
220 | 219 | resources, the department may select a portion of the submitted | |
221 | 220 | security plans to be assessed by the department in accordance with | |
222 | 221 | department rules. | |
223 | 222 | (f) Not later than November 15 [January 13] of each | |
224 | 223 | even-numbered [odd-numbered] year, the department shall submit a | |
225 | 224 | written report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and each | |
226 | 225 | standing committee of the legislature with primary jurisdiction | |
227 | 226 | over matters related to the department evaluating information | |
228 | 227 | security for this state's information resources. In preparing the | |
229 | 228 | report, the department shall consider the information security | |
230 | 229 | plans submitted by state agencies under this section, any | |
231 | 230 | vulnerability reports submitted under Section 2054.077, and other | |
232 | 231 | available information regarding the security of this state's | |
233 | 232 | information resources. The department shall omit from any written | |
234 | 233 | copies of the report information that could expose specific | |
235 | 234 | vulnerabilities in the security of this state's information | |
236 | 235 | resources. | |
237 | - | SECTION 1. | |
236 | + | SECTION 1.14. Section 2054.304(b), Government Code, is | |
238 | 237 | amended to read as follows: | |
239 | 238 | (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the state agency | |
240 | 239 | must file the project plan with the quality assurance team [and the | |
241 | 240 | department] before the agency: | |
242 | 241 | (1) spends more than 10 percent of allocated funds for | |
243 | 242 | the project or major contract; or | |
244 | 243 | (2) first issues a vendor solicitation for the project | |
245 | 244 | or contract. | |
246 | - | SECTION 1. | |
245 | + | SECTION 1.15. Section 2054.515(b), Government Code, is | |
247 | 246 | amended to read as follows: | |
248 | 247 | (b) Not later than December 1 of the year in which a state | |
249 | 248 | agency conducts the assessment under Subsection (a), the agency | |
250 | 249 | shall report the results of the assessment to: | |
251 | 250 | (1) the department; and | |
252 | 251 | (2) on request, the governor, the lieutenant governor, | |
253 | 252 | and the speaker of the house of representatives. | |
254 | - | SECTION 1. | |
253 | + | SECTION 1.16. Section 2056.002(d), Government Code, is | |
255 | 254 | amended to read as follows: | |
256 | 255 | (d) A state agency shall send two copies of each plan to both | |
257 | 256 | the Legislative Reference Library and the state publications | |
258 | 257 | clearinghouse of the Texas State Library and one copy each to: | |
259 | 258 | (1) the governor; | |
260 | 259 | (2) the lieutenant governor; | |
261 | 260 | (3) the speaker of the house of representatives; | |
262 | 261 | (4) the Legislative Budget Board; and | |
263 | 262 | (5) [the Sunset Advisory Commission; | |
264 | 263 | [(6)] the state auditor[; and | |
265 | 264 | [(7) the Department of Information Resources]. | |
266 | - | SECTION 1. | |
265 | + | SECTION 1.17. Section 2102.009, Government Code, is amended | |
267 | 266 | to read as follows: | |
268 | 267 | Sec. 2102.009. ANNUAL REPORT. The internal auditor shall | |
269 | 268 | prepare an annual report and submit the report before November 1 of | |
270 | 269 | each year to the governor, the Legislative Budget Board, [the | |
271 | 270 | Sunset Advisory Commission,] the state auditor, the state agency's | |
272 | 271 | governing board, and the administrator. The state auditor shall | |
273 | 272 | prescribe the form and content of the report, subject to the | |
274 | 273 | approval of the legislative audit committee. | |
275 | - | SECTION 1. | |
274 | + | SECTION 1.18. Sections 2102.0091(a), (c), and (d), | |
276 | 275 | Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | |
277 | 276 | (a) A state agency shall file with the division of the | |
278 | 277 | governor's office responsible for budget and policy [Sunset | |
279 | 278 | Advisory Commission, the Governor's Office of Budget, Planning, and | |
280 | 279 | Policy], the state auditor, and the Legislative Budget Board a copy | |
281 | 280 | of each report submitted to the state agency's governing board or | |
282 | 281 | the administrator of the state agency if the state agency does not | |
283 | 282 | have a governing board by the agency's internal auditor. | |
284 | 283 | (c) In addition to the requirements of Subsection (a), a | |
285 | 284 | state agency shall file with the division of the governor's office | |
286 | 285 | responsible for budget and policy [Governor's Office of Budget, | |
287 | 286 | Planning, and Policy], the state auditor, and the Legislative | |
288 | 287 | Budget Board any action plan or other response issued by the state | |
289 | 288 | agency's governing board or the administrator of the state agency | |
290 | 289 | if the state agency does not have a governing board in response to | |
291 | 290 | the report of the state agency's internal auditor. | |
292 | 291 | (d) If the state agency does not file the report as required | |
293 | 292 | by this section, the Legislative Budget Board or the division of the | |
294 | 293 | governor's office responsible for budget and policy [Governor's | |
295 | 294 | Office of Budget, Planning, and Policy] may take appropriate action | |
296 | 295 | to compel the filing of the report. | |
297 | - | SECTION 1. | |
296 | + | SECTION 1.19. Section 2166.003(b), Government Code, is | |
298 | 297 | amended to read as follows: | |
299 | 298 | (b) Only Sections [2166.104,] 2166.151, 2166.152, 2166.153, | |
300 | 299 | 2166.154, 2166.155, 2166.251, and 2166.252[,] and Subchapter H | |
301 | 300 | apply to a construction project undertaken by or for the Texas | |
302 | 301 | Department of Criminal Justice for the imprisonment of individuals | |
303 | 302 | convicted of felonies other than state jail felonies. | |
304 | - | SECTION 1. | |
303 | + | SECTION 1.20. Section 2166.102(c), Government Code, is | |
305 | 304 | amended to read as follows: | |
306 | 305 | (c) The master facilities plan must contain: | |
307 | 306 | (1) projections of the amount of administrative office | |
308 | 307 | space and client service space needed by state agencies, including | |
309 | 308 | the current amount of each state agency's administrative office | |
310 | 309 | space in Travis County and identification of locations that | |
311 | 310 | currently exceed the space limitations prescribed by Section | |
312 | 311 | 2165.104(c); | |
313 | 312 | (2) an examination of the commission's efforts to | |
314 | 313 | colocate administrative office space; | |
315 | 314 | (3) an examination of the use, age, condition, and | |
316 | 315 | economic life of state-owned buildings on the commission's | |
317 | 316 | inventory, including a listing of all improvements and repairs that | |
318 | 317 | have been made to the buildings with an itemized account of receipts | |
319 | 318 | and expenditures and an estimate of needed improvements and | |
320 | 319 | repairs; | |
321 | 320 | (4) [(3)] an analysis, in accordance with Subchapter | |
322 | 321 | D, of projects that have been requested by state agencies, | |
323 | 322 | including: | |
324 | 323 | (A) a brief and specific justification prepared | |
325 | 324 | by the using agency for each project; | |
326 | 325 | (B) a summary of the project analysis or, if the | |
327 | 326 | analysis was not made, a statement briefly describing the method | |
328 | 327 | used to estimate costs for the project; | |
329 | 328 | (C) a project cost estimate detailed enough to | |
330 | 329 | allow the budget agencies, the governor, and the legislature the | |
331 | 330 | widest possible latitude in developing policy regarding each | |
332 | 331 | project request; | |
333 | 332 | (D) an estimate, prepared by the commission with | |
334 | 333 | the cooperation of both the using agency and any private design | |
335 | 334 | professional retained, of the annual cost of maintaining the | |
336 | 335 | completed project, including the estimated cost of utility | |
337 | 336 | services; | |
338 | 337 | (E) an estimate, prepared by the using agency, of | |
339 | 338 | the annual cost of staffing and operating the completed project, | |
340 | 339 | excluding maintenance cost; | |
341 | 340 | (F) if appropriate and with the using agency's | |
342 | 341 | approval, an indication of: | |
343 | 342 | (i) the feasibility of stage construction | |
344 | 343 | of a requested project; and | |
345 | 344 | (ii) the degree to which money will be | |
346 | 345 | required in the next biennium if the project is undertaken in | |
347 | 346 | stages; and | |
348 | 347 | (G) the designated priority of each project to | |
349 | 348 | which a priority rating has been assigned under Section | |
350 | 349 | 2166.151(c); | |
351 | 350 | (5) [(4)] an examination of the extent to which the | |
352 | 351 | state satisfies its need for space by leasing building space; | |
353 | 352 | (6) [(5)] an examination of state-paid operation and | |
354 | 353 | maintenance costs[, including costs for telecommunications | |
355 | 354 | services,] for existing buildings owned or leased by the state; | |
356 | 355 | (7) [(6)] a discussion of the economic and market | |
357 | 356 | conditions affecting the costs of the construction or lease of | |
358 | 357 | buildings; | |
359 | 358 | (8) [(7)] an analysis of whether the state will | |
360 | 359 | benefit more from satisfying its needs for space by: | |
361 | 360 | (A) engaging in new projects; | |
362 | 361 | (B) leasing built space; or | |
363 | 362 | (C) satisfying its needs in another manner; | |
364 | 363 | (9) the commission's findings and recommendations | |
365 | 364 | under Section 2166.103; | |
366 | 365 | (10) a summary of the commission's findings under | |
367 | 366 | Section 2166.101 on the status of state-owned buildings and current | |
368 | 367 | information on construction costs; | |
369 | 368 | (11) the comprehensive capital improvement and | |
370 | 369 | deferred maintenance plan and regular updates developed under | |
371 | 370 | Section 2166.108, including the aggregate project costs for each | |
372 | 371 | state agency; | |
373 | 372 | (12) [(8)] an examination of the amount of exempt and | |
374 | 373 | nonexempt office space under Section 2165.104(c); and | |
375 | 374 | (13) [(9)] other information relevant to the | |
376 | 375 | long-range plan that is: | |
377 | 376 | (A) considered appropriate by the commission; or | |
378 | 377 | (B) requested in writing by the governor or the | |
379 | 378 | presiding officer of either house of the legislature. | |
380 | - | SECTION 1. | |
379 | + | SECTION 1.21. Sections 2166.103(b) and (c), Government | |
381 | 380 | Code, are amended to read as follows: | |
382 | 381 | (b) The commission shall identify counties in which more | |
383 | 382 | than 50,000 square feet of usable office space is needed and make | |
384 | 383 | recommendations for meeting that need. The commission may | |
385 | 384 | recommend leasing or purchasing and renovating one or more existing | |
386 | 385 | buildings or constructing one or more buildings. [The commission | |
387 | 386 | shall include the commission's findings and recommendations in the | |
388 | 387 | commission's master facilities plan required under Section | |
389 | 388 | 2166.102.] | |
390 | 389 | (c) The commission may collect appropriate information it | |
391 | 390 | considers necessary for preparing its recommendations [and | |
392 | 391 | report]. | |
393 | - | SECTION 1. | |
392 | + | SECTION 1.22. Section 2166.151, Government Code, is amended | |
394 | 393 | by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
395 | 394 | (c) If a using agency requests three or more projects, it | |
396 | 395 | shall designate its priority rating for each project. The budget | |
397 | 396 | agencies shall, with the commission's cooperation, develop | |
398 | 397 | detailed instructions to implement the priority system required by | |
399 | 398 | this subsection. | |
400 | - | SECTION 1. | |
399 | + | SECTION 1.23. Section 2176.005(a), Government Code, is | |
401 | 400 | amended to read as follows: | |
402 | 401 | (a) A state agency in Travis County shall periodically send | |
403 | 402 | to the governor [and the legislative budget office] a report of its | |
404 | 403 | progress in achieving the objectives for and the revisions of mail | |
405 | 404 | operations established under Section 2176.004, including an | |
406 | 405 | analysis of savings projected from the resulting improvements in | |
407 | 406 | managing mail. | |
408 | - | SECTION 1. | |
407 | + | SECTION 1.24. Sections 2205.039(a) and (b), Government | |
409 | 408 | Code, are amended to read as follows: | |
410 | 409 | (a) The [Legislative Budget Board, in cooperation with the] | |
411 | 410 | department[,] shall prescribe: | |
412 | 411 | (1) a travel log form for gathering information about | |
413 | 412 | the use of state-operated aircraft; | |
414 | 413 | (2) procedures to ensure that individuals who travel | |
415 | 414 | as passengers on or operate state-operated aircraft provide in a | |
416 | 415 | legible manner the information requested of them by the form; and | |
417 | 416 | (3) procedures for each state agency that operates an | |
418 | 417 | aircraft for sending the form to the department [and the | |
419 | 418 | Legislative Budget Board]. | |
420 | 419 | (b) The travel log form must request the following | |
421 | 420 | information about a state-operated aircraft each time the aircraft | |
422 | 421 | is flown: | |
423 | 422 | (1) a mission statement, which may appear as a | |
424 | 423 | selection to be identified from general categories appearing on the | |
425 | 424 | form; | |
426 | 425 | (2) the name, state agency represented, destination, | |
427 | 426 | and signature of each person who is a passenger or crew member of | |
428 | 427 | the aircraft; | |
429 | 428 | (3) the date of each flight; | |
430 | 429 | (4) a detailed and specific description of the | |
431 | 430 | official business purpose of each flight; and | |
432 | 431 | (5) other information determined by the [Legislative | |
433 | 432 | Budget Board and the] department to be necessary to monitor the | |
434 | 433 | proper use of the aircraft. | |
435 | - | SECTION 1. | |
434 | + | SECTION 1.25. Section 242.005(c), Health and Safety Code, | |
436 | 435 | is amended to read as follows: | |
437 | 436 | (c) The department shall submit the required report to the | |
438 | 437 | governor and the legislature not later than March [October] 1 of | |
439 | 438 | each year. | |
440 | - | SECTION 1. | |
439 | + | SECTION 1.26. The heading to Subchapter E, Chapter 386, | |
441 | 440 | Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
442 | 441 | SUBCHAPTER E. EVALUATION OF UTILITY COMMISSION [AND COMPTROLLER] | |
443 | 442 | ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS | |
444 | - | SECTION 1. | |
443 | + | SECTION 1.27. Section 386.205, Health and Safety Code, is | |
445 | 444 | amended to read as follows: | |
446 | 445 | Sec. 386.205. EVALUATION OF UTILITY COMMISSION [AND | |
447 | 446 | COMPTROLLER] ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS. In cooperation with the | |
448 | 447 | laboratory, the utility commission shall provide an annual report | |
449 | 448 | to the commission that, by county, quantifies the reductions of | |
450 | 449 | energy demand, peak loads, and associated emissions of air | |
451 | 450 | contaminants achieved [from programs implemented by the state | |
452 | 451 | energy conservation office and] from programs implemented under | |
453 | 452 | Section 39.905, Utilities Code. | |
454 | - | SECTION 1.29. Section 388.005(c), Health and Safety Code, | |
455 | - | is amended to read as follows: | |
456 | - | (c) Each political subdivision, institution of higher | |
457 | - | education, or state agency shall establish a goal to reduce the | |
458 | - | electric consumption by the entity by at least five percent each | |
459 | - | state fiscal year for seven [10] years, beginning September 1, 2019 | |
460 | - | [2011]. | |
461 | - | SECTION 1.30. Section 388.006, Health and Safety Code, is | |
453 | + | SECTION 1.28. Section 388.006, Health and Safety Code, is | |
462 | 454 | amended to read as follows: | |
463 | 455 | Sec. 388.006. STATE ENERGY CONSERVATION OFFICE EVALUATION. | |
464 | 456 | The State Energy Conservation Office annually shall provide the | |
465 | 457 | [commission and the] laboratory with an evaluation of the | |
466 | 458 | effectiveness of state and political subdivision energy efficiency | |
467 | 459 | programs, including programs under this chapter. The laboratory | |
468 | 460 | shall calculate, based on the evaluation and the forms submitted to | |
469 | 461 | the office, the amount of energy savings and estimated reduction in | |
470 | 462 | pollution achieved as a result of the implementation of programs. | |
471 | 463 | The laboratory shall share the information with the commission, the | |
472 | 464 | United States Environmental Protection Agency, and the Electric | |
473 | 465 | Reliability Council of Texas to help with long-term forecasting and | |
474 | 466 | in estimating pollution reduction. | |
475 | - | SECTION 1. | |
467 | + | SECTION 1.29. Section 533A.006(a), Health and Safety Code, | |
476 | 468 | is amended to read as follows: | |
477 | 469 | (a) The executive commissioner [department] shall report to | |
478 | 470 | the Texas Medical Board any allegation received by the commission | |
479 | 471 | [department] that a physician employed by or under contract with | |
480 | 472 | the commission [department] in relation to services provided under | |
481 | 473 | this title has committed an action that constitutes a ground for the | |
482 | 474 | denial or revocation of the physician's license under Section | |
483 | 475 | 164.051, Occupations Code. The report must be made in the manner | |
484 | 476 | provided by Section 154.051, Occupations Code. | |
485 | - | SECTION 1. | |
477 | + | SECTION 1.30. Section 533A.062(e), Health and Safety Code, | |
486 | 478 | is amended to read as follows: | |
487 | 479 | (e) The commission shall submit the proposed plan to the | |
488 | 480 | Legislative Budget Board and the governor not later than October 15 | |
489 | 481 | of each even-numbered year [as part of the consolidated health and | |
490 | 482 | human services budget recommendation required under Section | |
491 | 483 | 531.026, Government Code]. | |
492 | - | SECTION 1. | |
484 | + | SECTION 1.31. Sections 555.102(c) and (d), Health and | |
493 | 485 | Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: | |
494 | 486 | (c) The inspector general shall deliver the summary report | |
495 | 487 | to the: | |
496 | 488 | (1) executive commissioner; | |
497 | 489 | (2) [commissioner of the department; | |
498 | 490 | [(3) commissioner of the Department of Family and | |
499 | 491 | Protective Services; | |
500 | 492 | [(4) Aging and Disability Services Council; | |
501 | 493 | [(5)] governor; | |
502 | 494 | (3) [(6)] lieutenant governor; | |
503 | 495 | (4) [(7)] speaker of the house of representatives; | |
504 | 496 | (5) [(8)] standing committees of the senate and house | |
505 | 497 | of representatives with primary jurisdiction over centers; | |
506 | 498 | (6) [(9)] state auditor; | |
507 | 499 | (7) [(10) the] independent ombudsman and the | |
508 | 500 | assistant ombudsman for the center involved in the report; and | |
509 | 501 | (8) [(11) the] alleged victim or the alleged victim's | |
510 | 502 | legally authorized representative. | |
511 | 503 | (d) A summary report regarding an investigation is subject | |
512 | 504 | to required disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. All | |
513 | 505 | information and materials compiled by the inspector general in | |
514 | 506 | connection with an investigation are confidential, and not subject | |
515 | 507 | to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, and not subject | |
516 | 508 | to disclosure, discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal | |
517 | 509 | compulsion for their release to anyone other than the inspector | |
518 | 510 | general or the inspector general's employees or agents involved in | |
519 | 511 | the investigation, except that this information may be disclosed to | |
520 | 512 | [the Department of Family and Protective Services,] the office of | |
521 | 513 | the attorney general, the state auditor's office, and law | |
522 | 514 | enforcement agencies. | |
523 | - | SECTION 1. | |
515 | + | SECTION 1.32. Section 555.103(c), Health and Safety Code, | |
524 | 516 | is amended to read as follows: | |
525 | 517 | (c) The inspector general shall submit the annual status | |
526 | 518 | report to the: | |
527 | 519 | (1) executive commissioner; | |
528 | 520 | (2) [commissioner of the department; | |
529 | 521 | [(3) commissioner of the Department of Family and | |
530 | 522 | Protective Services; | |
531 | 523 | [(4) Aging and Disability Services Council; | |
532 | 524 | [(5) Family and Protective Services Council; | |
533 | 525 | [(6)] governor; | |
534 | 526 | (3) [(7)] lieutenant governor; | |
535 | 527 | (4) [(8)] speaker of the house of representatives; | |
536 | 528 | (5) [(9)] standing committees of the senate and house | |
537 | 529 | of representatives with primary jurisdiction over centers; | |
538 | 530 | (6) [(10)] state auditor; and | |
539 | 531 | (7) [(11)] comptroller. | |
540 | - | SECTION 1. | |
532 | + | SECTION 1.33. Section 574.014(a), Health and Safety Code, | |
541 | 533 | is amended to read as follows: | |
542 | 534 | (a) The clerk of each court with jurisdiction to order | |
543 | 535 | commitment under this chapter shall provide the Office of Court | |
544 | 536 | Administration each month with a report of the number of | |
545 | 537 | applications for commitment orders for involuntary mental health | |
546 | 538 | services filed with the court and the disposition of those cases, | |
547 | 539 | including the number of commitment orders for inpatient and | |
548 | 540 | outpatient mental health services. The Office of Court | |
549 | 541 | Administration shall make the reported information available to the | |
550 | 542 | Health and Human Services Commission [department] annually. | |
551 | - | SECTION 1. | |
543 | + | SECTION 1.34. Section 40.05275, Human Resources Code, is | |
552 | 544 | amended to read as follows: | |
553 | 545 | Sec. 40.05275. [ANNUAL] BUSINESS PLAN FOR CHILD PROTECTIVE | |
554 | 546 | SERVICES. (a) The department shall develop and implement a [an | |
555 | 547 | annual] business plan for the child protective services program to | |
556 | 548 | prioritize the department's activities and resources to improve the | |
557 | 549 | program. | |
558 | 550 | (b) The department shall coordinate with the department's | |
559 | 551 | regional staff in developing the [annual] business plan under this | |
560 | 552 | section. | |
561 | 553 | (c) The [annual] business plan developed under this section | |
562 | 554 | must include: | |
563 | 555 | (1) long-term and short-term performance goals; | |
564 | 556 | (2) identification of priority projects and ongoing | |
565 | 557 | initiatives that are clearly linked to established goals; and | |
566 | 558 | (3) a statement of staff expectations that includes | |
567 | 559 | identification of: | |
568 | 560 | (A) the person or team responsible for each | |
569 | 561 | project; | |
570 | 562 | (B) the specific tasks and deliverables | |
571 | 563 | expected; | |
572 | 564 | (C) the resources needed to accomplish each | |
573 | 565 | project; | |
574 | 566 | (D) a time frame for the completion of each | |
575 | 567 | deliverable and project; and | |
576 | 568 | (E) the expected outcome for each project and the | |
577 | 569 | method and procedure for measuring the outcome to ensure effective | |
578 | 570 | evaluation for each project. | |
579 | 571 | (d) Not later than October 1 of each even-numbered year, the | |
580 | 572 | department shall submit the [annual] business plan developed under | |
581 | 573 | this section to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the | |
582 | 574 | house of representatives, and chairs of the standing committees of | |
583 | 575 | the senate and house of representatives having primary jurisdiction | |
584 | 576 | over child protection issues. | |
585 | - | SECTION 1. | |
577 | + | SECTION 1.35. The heading to Section 40.0528, Human | |
586 | 578 | Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
587 | 579 | Sec. 40.0528. GOALS FOR [ANNUAL] BUSINESS PLAN FOR CHILD | |
588 | 580 | PROTECTIVE SERVICES; REPORTING CASELOAD INFORMATION. | |
589 | - | SECTION 1. | |
581 | + | SECTION 1.36. Section 40.0528(a), Human Resources Code, is | |
590 | 582 | amended to read as follows: | |
591 | 583 | (a) The department shall consider the following goals in | |
592 | 584 | developing the [annual] business plan required under Section | |
593 | 585 | 40.05275 for the child protective services program: | |
594 | 586 | (1) reducing caseloads; | |
595 | 587 | (2) enhancing accountability; | |
596 | 588 | (3) improving the quality of investigations; | |
597 | 589 | (4) eliminating delays; and | |
598 | 590 | (5) ensuring the most efficient and effective use of | |
599 | 591 | child protective services staff and resources. | |
600 | - | SECTION 1. | |
592 | + | SECTION 1.37. Section 114.008(a), Human Resources Code, is | |
601 | 593 | amended to read as follows: | |
602 | 594 | (a) Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year, | |
603 | 595 | the council shall: | |
604 | 596 | (1) prepare a report summarizing requirements the | |
605 | 597 | council identifies and recommendations for providing additional or | |
606 | 598 | improved services to persons with autism or other pervasive | |
607 | 599 | developmental disorders; and | |
608 | 600 | (2) deliver the report to [the executive | |
609 | 601 | commissioner,] the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the | |
610 | 602 | speaker of the house of representatives. | |
611 | - | SECTION 1. | |
603 | + | SECTION 1.38. Section 412.053(b), Labor Code, is amended to | |
612 | 604 | read as follows: | |
613 | 605 | (b) The information shall be reported not later than the | |
614 | 606 | 60th day after [before] the last day of each fiscal year. | |
615 | - | SECTION 1. | |
607 | + | SECTION 1.39. Section 413.0515, Labor Code, is amended to | |
616 | 608 | read as follows: | |
617 | 609 | Sec. 413.0515. REPORTS OF PHYSICIAN AND CHIROPRACTOR | |
618 | 610 | VIOLATIONS. (a) If the division or the Texas Medical [State] | |
619 | 611 | Board [of Medical Examiners] discovers an act or omission by a | |
620 | 612 | physician that may constitute a felony, a misdemeanor involving | |
621 | 613 | moral turpitude, a violation of state or federal narcotics or | |
622 | 614 | controlled substance law, an offense involving fraud or abuse under | |
623 | 615 | the Medicare or Medicaid program, or a violation of this subtitle, | |
624 | 616 | the discovering agency shall report in a widely used electronic | |
625 | 617 | format that act or omission to the other agency. | |
626 | 618 | (b) If the division or the Texas Board of Chiropractic | |
627 | 619 | Examiners discovers an act or omission by a chiropractor that may | |
628 | 620 | constitute a felony, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, a | |
629 | 621 | violation of state or federal narcotics or controlled substance | |
630 | 622 | law, an offense involving fraud or abuse under the Medicare or | |
631 | 623 | Medicaid program, or a violation of this subtitle, the discovering | |
632 | 624 | agency shall report in a widely used electronic format that act or | |
633 | 625 | omission to the other agency. | |
634 | - | SECTION 1. | |
626 | + | SECTION 1.40. Section 161.2111, Natural Resources Code, is | |
635 | 627 | amended to read as follows: | |
636 | 628 | Sec. 161.2111. REPORT TO BOND REVIEW BOARD. When the | |
637 | 629 | Veterans' Land Board applies under Subchapter C, Chapter 1231, | |
638 | 630 | Government Code, for the Bond Review Board's approval of a bond | |
639 | 631 | issuance, or on request of the Bond Review Board, with [With] | |
640 | 632 | respect to purchases made under this chapter, the Veterans' Land | |
641 | 633 | Board shall file [annually] with the Bond Review Board a report on | |
642 | 634 | the performance of loans made by the Veterans' Land Board in | |
643 | 635 | connection with the purchases. The Bond Review Board shall review | |
644 | 636 | the reports filed by the Veterans' Land Board under this section to | |
645 | 637 | assess the performance of loans made under this chapter. The filing | |
646 | 638 | dates and the contents of the reports must comply with any rules | |
647 | 639 | adopted by the Bond Review Board. | |
648 | - | SECTION 1. | |
640 | + | SECTION 1.41. Section 162.003(e), Natural Resources Code, | |
649 | 641 | is amended to read as follows: | |
650 | 642 | (e) When the Veterans' Land Board applies under Subchapter | |
651 | 643 | C, Chapter 1231, Government Code, for the Bond Review Board's | |
652 | 644 | approval of a bond issuance, or on request of the Bond Review Board, | |
653 | 645 | with [With] respect to loans made under the program, the Veterans' | |
654 | 646 | Land Board shall file [annually] with the Bond Review Board a report | |
655 | 647 | on the performance of the loans. The Bond Review Board shall review | |
656 | 648 | the reports filed by the Veterans' Land Board under this subsection | |
657 | 649 | to assess the performance of loans made under the program. The | |
658 | 650 | filing dates and the contents of the reports must comply with any | |
659 | 651 | rules adopted by the Bond Review Board. | |
660 | - | SECTION 1. | |
652 | + | SECTION 1.42. Section 13.063, Utilities Code, is amended to | |
661 | 653 | read as follows: | |
662 | 654 | Sec. 13.063. ANNUAL REPORT [REPORTS]. [(b)] The office | |
663 | 655 | shall prepare annually a report on the office's activities during | |
664 | 656 | the preceding year and submit the report to the standing | |
665 | 657 | legislative committees that have jurisdiction over the office, the | |
666 | 658 | house appropriations committee, and the senate finance committee[, | |
667 | 659 | and the Sunset Advisory Commission]. At a minimum, the report must | |
668 | 660 | include: | |
669 | 661 | (1) a list of the types of activities conducted by the | |
670 | 662 | office and the time spent by the office on each activity; | |
671 | 663 | (2) the number of hours billed by the office for | |
672 | 664 | representing residential or small commercial consumers in | |
673 | 665 | proceedings; | |
674 | 666 | (3) the number of staff positions and the type of work | |
675 | 667 | performed by each position; and | |
676 | 668 | (4) the office's rate of success in representing | |
677 | 669 | residential or small commercial consumers in appealing commission | |
678 | 670 | decisions. | |
679 | - | SECTION 1. | |
671 | + | SECTION 1.43. Section 17.1245, Water Code, is amended to | |
680 | 672 | read as follows: | |
681 | 673 | Sec. 17.1245. EVALUATION. [(a)] In passing on an | |
682 | 674 | application for financial assistance from a retail public utility | |
683 | 675 | that provides potable water service to 3,300 or more connections, | |
684 | 676 | the board shall: | |
685 | 677 | (1) evaluate for compliance with the board's best | |
686 | 678 | management practices the utility's water conservation plan | |
687 | 679 | required under Section 13.146; and | |
688 | 680 | (2) issue a report to a utility detailing the results | |
689 | 681 | of the evaluation conducted under Subdivision (1). | |
690 | 682 | [(b) Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the | |
691 | 683 | board shall submit to the legislature a written summary of the | |
692 | 684 | results of evaluations conducted under Subsection (a)(1).] | |
693 | - | SECTION 1. | |
685 | + | SECTION 1.44. Sections 27.0516(k) and (m), Water Code, are | |
694 | 686 | amended to read as follows: | |
695 | 687 | (k) Notwithstanding Subsection (h)(3), a general permit may | |
696 | 688 | authorize the owner of an injection well authorized under | |
697 | 689 | Subsection (f)(2) or (3) to continue operating the well for the | |
698 | 690 | purpose of implementing the desalination or engineered aquifer | |
699 | 691 | storage and recovery project following completion of the | |
700 | 692 | small-scale research project, provided that: | |
701 | 693 | (1) the injection well owner timely submits the | |
702 | 694 | information collected as part of the research project, including | |
703 | 695 | monitoring reports and information regarding the environmental | |
704 | 696 | impact of the well, to the commission; | |
705 | 697 | (2) the injection well owner, following the completion | |
706 | 698 | of studies and monitoring adequate to characterize risks to the | |
707 | 699 | fresh water portion of the Edwards Aquifer and other fresh water | |
708 | 700 | associated with the continued operation of the well, and at least 90 | |
709 | 701 | days before the date the owner initiates commercial well | |
710 | 702 | operations, files with the commission a notice of intent to | |
711 | 703 | continue operation of the well after completion of the research | |
712 | 704 | project; and | |
713 | 705 | (3) the commission, based on the studies and | |
714 | 706 | monitoring[, the report provided by Texas State University--San | |
715 | 707 | Marcos under Subsection (l)(2),] and any other reasonably available | |
716 | 708 | information, determines that continued operation of the injection | |
717 | 709 | well as described in the notice of intent does not pose an | |
718 | 710 | unreasonable risk to the fresh water portion of the Edwards Aquifer | |
719 | 711 | or other fresh water associated with the continued operation of the | |
720 | 712 | well. | |
721 | 713 | (m) The commission shall make the information provided by | |
722 | 714 | the owner of the injection well under Subsection (k)(1) [and the | |
723 | 715 | report provided by Texas State University--San Marcos under | |
724 | 716 | Subsection (l)(2)] easily accessible to the public in a timely | |
725 | 717 | manner. The permit may authorize the owner of the well to continue | |
726 | 718 | operating the well following completion of the research project | |
727 | 719 | pending the determination by the commission. | |
728 | 720 | ARTICLE 2. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS REGARDING COLONIAS PROJECTS | |
729 | 721 | ADMINISTERED BY STATE AGENCIES | |
730 | 722 | SECTION 2.01. The heading to Section 51.0052, Education | |
731 | 723 | Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
732 | 724 | Sec. 51.0052. APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR COLONIAS | |
733 | 725 | PROJECTS [REPORT TO SECRETARY OF STATE]. | |
734 | 726 | SECTION 2.02. Section 51.0052(d), Education Code, is | |
735 | 727 | amended to read as follows: | |
736 | 728 | (d) Regarding any projects funded by an institution of | |
737 | 729 | higher education that provide assistance to colonias, the [The] | |
738 | 730 | institution of higher education shall require an applicant for the | |
739 | 731 | funds [administered by the institution] to submit to the | |
740 | 732 | institution a colonia classification number, if one exists, for | |
741 | 733 | each colonia that may be served by the project proposed in the | |
742 | 734 | application. If a colonia does not have a classification number, | |
743 | 735 | the institution of higher education may contact the secretary of | |
744 | 736 | state or the secretary of state's representative to obtain the | |
745 | 737 | classification number. On request of the institution, the | |
746 | 738 | secretary of state or the secretary of state's representative shall | |
747 | 739 | assign a classification number to the colonia. | |
748 | 740 | SECTION 2.03. The heading to Section 487.060, Government | |
749 | 741 | Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
750 | 742 | Sec. 487.060. APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR COLONIAS | |
751 | 743 | PROJECTS [REPORT TO SECRETARY OF STATE]. | |
752 | 744 | SECTION 2.04. Section 487.060(d), Government Code, is | |
753 | 745 | amended to read as follows: | |
754 | 746 | (d) Regarding any projects funded by the department that | |
755 | 747 | serve colonias by providing water or wastewater services, paved | |
756 | 748 | roads, or other assistance, the [The] department shall require an | |
757 | 749 | applicant for the funds [administered by the department] to submit | |
758 | 750 | to the department a colonia classification number, if one exists, | |
759 | 751 | for each colonia that may be served by the project proposed in the | |
760 | 752 | application. If a colonia does not have a classification number, | |
761 | 753 | the department may contact the secretary of state or the secretary | |
762 | 754 | of state's representative to obtain a number. On request of the | |
763 | 755 | department, the secretary of state or the secretary of state's | |
764 | 756 | representative shall assign a classification number. | |
765 | 757 | SECTION 2.05. The heading to Section 531.0141, Government | |
766 | 758 | Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
767 | 759 | Sec. 531.0141. APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR COLONIAS | |
768 | 760 | PROJECTS [REPORT TO SECRETARY OF STATE]. | |
769 | 761 | SECTION 2.06. Section 531.0141(d), Government Code, is | |
770 | 762 | amended to read as follows: | |
771 | 763 | (d) Regarding any projects funded by the commission that | |
772 | 764 | provide assistance to colonias, the [The] commission shall require | |
773 | 765 | an applicant for the funds [administered by the commission] to | |
774 | 766 | submit to the commission a colonia classification number, if one | |
775 | 767 | exists, for each colonia that may be served by the project proposed | |
776 | 768 | in the application. If a colonia does not have a classification | |
777 | 769 | number, the commission may contact the secretary of state or the | |
778 | 770 | secretary of state's representative to obtain the classification | |
779 | 771 | number. On request of the commission, the secretary of state or the | |
780 | 772 | secretary of state's representative shall assign a classification | |
781 | 773 | number to the colonia. | |
782 | 774 | SECTION 2.07. The heading to Section 2306.083, Government | |
783 | 775 | Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
784 | 776 | Sec. 2306.083. APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR COLONIAS | |
785 | 777 | PROJECTS [REPORT TO SECRETARY OF STATE]. | |
786 | 778 | SECTION 2.08. Section 2306.083(d), Government Code, is | |
787 | 779 | amended to read as follows: | |
788 | 780 | (d) Regarding any projects funded by the department that | |
789 | 781 | provide assistance to colonias, the [The] department shall require | |
790 | 782 | an applicant for the funds [administered by the department] to | |
791 | 783 | submit to the department a colonia classification number, if one | |
792 | 784 | exists, for each colonia that may be served by the project proposed | |
793 | 785 | in the application. If a colonia does not have a classification | |
794 | 786 | number, the department may contact the secretary of state or the | |
795 | 787 | secretary of state's representative to obtain the classification | |
796 | 788 | number. On request of the department, the secretary of state or the | |
797 | 789 | secretary of state's representative shall assign a classification | |
798 | 790 | number to the colonia. | |
799 | 791 | SECTION 2.09. The heading to Section 1001.033, Health and | |
800 | 792 | Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
801 | 793 | Sec. 1001.033. APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR COLONIAS | |
802 | 794 | PROJECTS [REPORT TO SECRETARY OF STATE]. | |
803 | 795 | SECTION 2.10. Section 1001.033(d), Health and Safety Code, | |
804 | 796 | is amended to read as follows: | |
805 | 797 | (d) Regarding any projects funded by the commission that | |
806 | 798 | provide assistance to colonias, the [The] commission shall require | |
807 | 799 | an applicant for the funds [administered by the commission] to | |
808 | 800 | submit to the commission a colonia classification number, if one | |
809 | 801 | exists, for each colonia that may be served by the project proposed | |
810 | 802 | in the application. If a colonia does not have a classification | |
811 | 803 | number, the commission may contact the secretary of state or the | |
812 | 804 | secretary of state's representative to obtain the classification | |
813 | 805 | number. On request of the commission, the secretary of state or the | |
814 | 806 | secretary of state's representative shall assign a classification | |
815 | 807 | number to the colonia. | |
816 | 808 | SECTION 2.11. The heading to Section 201.116, | |
817 | 809 | Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
818 | 810 | Sec. 201.116. APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR COLONIAS | |
819 | 811 | PROJECTS [REPORT TO SECRETARY OF STATE]. | |
820 | 812 | SECTION 2.12. Section 201.116(d), Transportation Code, is | |
821 | 813 | amended to read as follows: | |
822 | 814 | (d) Regarding any projects funded by the commission that | |
823 | 815 | serve colonias by providing paved roads or other assistance, the | |
824 | 816 | [The] commission shall require an applicant for the funds | |
825 | 817 | [administered by the commission] to submit to the commission a | |
826 | 818 | colonia classification number, if one exists, for each colonia that | |
827 | 819 | may be served by the project proposed in the application. If a | |
828 | 820 | colonia does not have a classification number, the commission may | |
829 | 821 | contact the secretary of state or the secretary of state's | |
830 | 822 | representative to obtain the classification number. On request of | |
831 | 823 | the commission, the secretary of state or the secretary of state's | |
832 | 824 | representative shall assign a classification number to the colonia. | |
833 | 825 | SECTION 2.13. The heading to Section 5.1781, Water Code, is | |
834 | 826 | amended to read as follows: | |
835 | 827 | Sec. 5.1781. APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR COLONIAS PROJECTS | |
836 | 828 | [REPORT TO SECRETARY OF STATE]. | |
837 | 829 | SECTION 2.14. Section 5.1781(d), Water Code, is amended to | |
838 | 830 | read as follows: | |
839 | 831 | (d) Regarding any projects funded by the commission that | |
840 | 832 | provide assistance to colonias, the [The] commission shall require | |
841 | 833 | an applicant for the funds [administered by the commission] to | |
842 | 834 | submit to the commission a colonia classification number, if one | |
843 | 835 | exists, for each colonia that may be served by the project proposed | |
844 | 836 | in the application. If a colonia does not have a classification | |
845 | 837 | number, the commission may contact the secretary of state or the | |
846 | 838 | secretary of state's representative to obtain the classification | |
847 | 839 | number. On request of the commission, the secretary of state or the | |
848 | 840 | secretary of state's representative shall assign a classification | |
849 | 841 | number to the colonia. | |
850 | 842 | SECTION 2.15. The heading to Section 6.1565, Water Code, is | |
851 | 843 | amended to read as follows: | |
852 | 844 | Sec. 6.1565. APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR COLONIAS PROJECTS | |
853 | 845 | [REPORT TO SECRETARY OF STATE]. | |
854 | 846 | SECTION 2.16. Section 6.1565(d), Water Code, is amended to | |
855 | 847 | read as follows: | |
856 | 848 | (d) Regarding any projects funded by the board that serve | |
857 | 849 | colonias by providing water or wastewater services or other | |
858 | 850 | assistance, the [The] board shall require an applicant for the | |
859 | 851 | funds [administered by the board] to submit to the board a colonia | |
860 | 852 | classification number, if one exists, for each colonia that may be | |
861 | 853 | served by the project proposed in the application. If a colonia | |
862 | 854 | does not have a classification number, the board may contact the | |
863 | 855 | secretary of state or the secretary of state's representative to | |
864 | 856 | obtain the classification number. On request of the board, the | |
865 | 857 | secretary of state or the secretary of state's representative shall | |
866 | 858 | assign a classification number to the colonia. | |
867 | 859 | ARTICLE 3. REPEALER AND EFFECTIVE DATE | |
868 | 860 | SECTION 3.01. The following provisions are repealed: | |
869 | 861 | (1) Sections 51.0052(b) and (c) and 61.506(g), | |
870 | 862 | Education Code; | |
871 | 863 | (2) Sections 487.060(b) and (c), 531.0141(b) and (c), | |
872 | 864 | 531.026, 2165.055, 2165.1061(f) and (h), 2166.101(d), 2166.104, | |
873 | 865 | 2166.108(d), 2206.101(d), 2306.070, and 2306.083(b) and (c), | |
874 | 866 | Government Code; | |
875 | 867 | (3) Sections 361.0215(d), 533.006, and 1001.033(b) | |
876 | 868 | and (c), Health and Safety Code; | |
877 | 869 | (4) Sections 22.0252(b), 22.028(c), and 101A.158, | |
878 | 870 | Human Resources Code; | |
879 | 871 | (5) Sections 201.116(b) and (c), Transportation Code; | |
880 | 872 | and | |
881 | 873 | (6) Sections 5.1781(b) and (c), 6.1565(b) and (c), | |
882 | 874 | 16.022, 26.3574(x), and 27.0516(l), Water Code. | |
883 | 875 | SECTION 3.02. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | |
884 | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ | |
885 | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House | |
886 | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 241 passed the Senate on | |
887 | - | April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | |
888 | - | the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 25, 2019, by the | |
889 | - | following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | |
890 | - | ______________________________ | |
891 | - | Secretary of the Senate | |
892 | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 241 passed the House, with | |
893 | - | amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 144, | |
894 | - | Nays 0, one present not voting. | |
895 | - | ______________________________ | |
896 | - | Chief Clerk of the House | |
897 | - | Approved: | |
898 | - | ______________________________ | |
899 | - | Date | |
900 | - | ______________________________ | |
901 | - | Governor |