88R10970 MPF-F
By: Campos H.B. No. 3466
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the administration of a grant program for the
establishment and expansion of community collaboratives.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 539, Government Code, is amended by
adding Sections 539.010 and 539.011 to read as follows:
Sec. 539.010. COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVES FUND. (a) In this
section, "fund" means the community collaboratives fund
established under this section.
(b) The community collaboratives fund is established as a
special fund in the state treasury.
(c) The fund consists of:
(1) legislative appropriations to the department for a
purpose of the fund;
(2) any revenue that by law is dedicated for deposit to
the fund;
(3) interest or other earnings on money credited to or
allocable to the fund; and
(4) money from gifts, grants, or donations to the
fund.
(d) The department may use the fund only to:
(1) provide grants to entities in accordance with this
chapter; and
(2) pay the necessary and reasonable expenses of
administering the fund.
Sec. 539.011. BIENNIAL REPORT. (a) The department shall
prepare a report that includes:
(1) the method by which the department chose entities
to award grants to under this chapter;
(2) the amount of each grant awarded to an entity under
this chapter;
(3) the number of individuals served by each community
collaborative receiving grant funds under this chapter; and
(4) the results of the annual review of outcome
measures required by Section 539.006.
(b) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year,
the department shall submit a report described by Subsection (a)
to:
(1) the standing committees of the legislature having
jurisdiction over the department and state finance; and
(2) the Legislative Budget Board.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.