Bill Text: TX HB2439 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to posting suggestions and ideas on cost-efficiency and certain budget documents on certain state agency websites.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-29 - Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported [HB2439 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2439-Engrossed.html
| By: Gallego | H.B. No. 2439 | |
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| relating to posting suggestions and ideas on cost-efficiency and | ||
| certain budget documents on certain state agency websites. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2054.1265 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2054.1265. POSTING OF COST-EFFICIENCY SUGGESTIONS AND | ||
| IDEAS ON STATE AGENCY WEBSITE. (a) In this section, "state | ||
| agency" does not include an institution of higher education, as | ||
| defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), each state agency | ||
| that has 1,500 or more employees shall post on the agency's intranet | ||
| website or generally accessible Internet website an electronic form | ||
| or link allowing an employee of the agency to submit suggestions and | ||
| ideas on how to make the agency more cost-efficient. | ||
| (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), each state agency | ||
| shall post on the agency's generally accessible Internet website a | ||
| link allowing members of the public to: | ||
| (1) monitor, in real time or on a weekly or monthly | ||
| basis, submissions made under Subsection (b); and | ||
| (2) vote for the public's favorite submission. | ||
| (d) The department may exclude from the requirements of this | ||
| section a state agency if the agency has a preexisting program or | ||
| link that the department determines substantially meets the | ||
| requirements of this section. | ||
| (e) The department shall adopt rules establishing | ||
| procedures and required formats for implementing this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 322.0081 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 322.0081. BUDGET DOCUMENTS ONLINE. (a) In order to | ||
| assist members of the public in posting cost-efficiency suggestions | ||
| and ideas, the board shall post on the board's Internet website all | ||
| documents prepared by the board that are provided to a committee, | ||
| subcommittee, or conference committee of either house of the | ||
| legislature in connection with an appropriations bill. | ||
| (b) The board shall post a document to which this section | ||
| applies as soon as practicable after the document is provided to a | ||
| committee, subcommittee, or conference committee. | ||
| (c) The document must be downloadable and provide data in an | ||
| open standard format that allows the public to search, extract, | ||
| organize, and analyze the information in the document. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 322.0081, Government Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to documents provided to a committee, | ||
| subcommittee, or conference committee on or after October 1, 2011. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
