Bill Text: TX HB1509 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an annual report on financial support provided by public institutions of higher education to nonprofit media organizations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-24 - Left pending in committee [HB1509 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1509-Introduced.html
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By: Patterson | H.B. No. 1509 |
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relating to an annual report on financial support provided by | ||
public institutions of higher education to nonprofit media | ||
organizations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 51.980 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 51.980. ANNUAL REPORT ON FINANCIAL SUPPORT PROVIDED TO | ||
NONPROFIT MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher | ||
Education Coordinating Board. | ||
(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
(3) "Nonprofit media organization" means a media | ||
organization that is exempt from federal income tax under Section | ||
501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being listed as an exempt | ||
organization in Section 501(c)(3) of that code. | ||
(b) Not later than September 1 of each year, an institution | ||
of higher education shall submit to the coordinating board a report | ||
on financial support, including through the purchase of a | ||
membership, sponsorship, or advertising services, that the | ||
institution provided to a nonprofit media organization during the | ||
preceding state fiscal year. | ||
(c) A report submitted under Subsection (b) must include a | ||
list of all nonprofit media organizations that received financial | ||
support from the institution of higher education and the amount of | ||
financial support provided to each organization. | ||
(d) Not later than January 1 of each year, the coordinating | ||
board shall submit to the legislature a report on financial support | ||
provided to nonprofit media organizations by institutions of higher | ||
education during the preceding state fiscal year. The report must | ||
include a copy of each report submitted to the coordinating board | ||
under Subsection (b) for the preceding state fiscal year. | ||
(e) The coordinating board may adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than September 1, 2023, each | ||
public institution of higher education shall submit its initial | ||
report required under Section 51.980(b), Education Code, as added | ||
by this Act. | ||
(b) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Texas Higher | ||
Education Coordinating Board shall submit its initial report | ||
required under Section 51.980(d), Education Code, as added by this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2023. |