Bill Text: TX HB1487 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the Internet posting of certain information regarding state grants.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB1487 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1487-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the Internet posting of certain information regarding state grants.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB1487 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1487-Engrossed.html
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By: Harper-Brown | H.B. No. 1487 |
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relating to the searchable state expenditure database maintained by | ||
the comptroller. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 403.024, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) To the extent possible, the comptroller shall present | ||
information in the database established under this section in a | ||
manner that is searchable and intuitive to users. The comptroller | ||
shall enhance and organize the presentation of the information | ||
through the use of graphical representations, such as pie charts, | ||
as the comptroller considers appropriate. At a minimum, the | ||
database must allow users to: | ||
(1) search and aggregate state funding by any element | ||
of the information; | ||
(2) ascertain through a single search the total amount | ||
of state funding awarded to a person by a state agency; [ |
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(3) download information yielded by a search of the | ||
database; and | ||
(4) for a state expenditure in the form of a grant, | ||
ascertain the specific purposes for which the grant money was used. | ||
(c-1) Subsection (c)(4) does not apply to information | ||
relating to a state expenditure in the form of a grant if the | ||
comptroller determines that the state agency that awarded the grant | ||
substantially complies with that provision by providing the | ||
information to the public through: | ||
(1) an electronic link on the agency's generally | ||
accessible Internet website; or | ||
(2) another agency program or database. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |