Bill Text: TX HB2549 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a state employee to authorize a deduction from the employee's salary or wage payment for a charitable contribution to certain entities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2549 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2549-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2549 |
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relating to the authority of a state employee to authorize a | ||
deduction from the employee's salary or wage payment for a | ||
charitable contribution to certain entities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle D, Title 4, Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Chapter 450 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 450. EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO ADVANCE THE TEACHING OF TEXAS | ||
HISTORY | ||
Sec. 450.001. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. In this chapter | ||
"charitable historical organization" means an entity that: | ||
(1) is organized as a nonprofit organization; | ||
(2) has its main office at an institution of higher | ||
education, as that term is defined under Section 61.003, Education | ||
Code; and | ||
(3) maintains an established educational department | ||
that provides: | ||
(A) opportunities for students in this state to | ||
study and work to preserve the history, heritage, and symbols of | ||
this state; and | ||
(B) training and resources to assist educators in | ||
developing effective strategies to teach students about the | ||
heritage, history, and symbols of this state. | ||
Sec. 450.002. FUNDING. For the purposes of Subchapter I, | ||
Chapter 659: | ||
(1) a charitable historical organization is | ||
considered an eligible charitable organization entitled to | ||
participate in a state employee charitable campaign; and | ||
(2) a state employee is entitled to authorize a | ||
deduction for contributions to a charitable historical | ||
organization as a charitable contribution under Section 659.132, | ||
and the organization may use the contributions for the purpose of | ||
administering and providing educational outreach programs | ||
established by the organization. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 659.140 and 659.134, Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 659.140. STATE EMPLOYEE CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN POLICY | ||
COMMITTEE. (a) The state employee charitable campaign policy | ||
committee shall consist [ |
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members. | ||
(b) The governor with the advice and consent of the senate | ||
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of their appointment and three members who are retired state | ||
employees receiving benefits under Chapter 814 [ |
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not more than three members each. An appointment to the committee | ||
shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, | ||
religion, age, or national origin of the appointee. The state | ||
policy committee shall elect a chairman biennially from its own | ||
membership. | ||
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receive compensation for serving on the committee and is not | ||
entitled to reimbursement from state funds for expenses incurred in | ||
performing functions as a member of the committee [ |
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levels of employee classification. | ||
(d) A person may not be a member of the committee if the | ||
person or the person's spouse is employed by or participates in the | ||
management or sits on the board of any entity or organization | ||
including any federation or fund that receives money through the | ||
state employee charitable campaign [ |
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(e) The state policy committee shall: | ||
(1) establish local campaign areas based on | ||
recommendations by the state advisory committee; | ||
(2) select as the state campaign manager: | ||
(A) a federated community campaign organization; | ||
or | ||
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organization determined by the state policy committee to have | ||
demonstrated the capacity to conduct a state campaign; | ||
(3) determine the eligibility of a federation or fund | ||
and its affiliated agencies for statewide participation in the | ||
state employee charitable campaign; | ||
(4) approve the recommended campaign plan, budget, and | ||
generic materials to be used by campaign managers; | ||
(5) oversee the state employee charitable campaign to | ||
ensure that all campaign activities are conducted fairly and | ||
equitably to promote unified solicitation on behalf of all | ||
participants; and | ||
(6) perform other duties prescribed by the | ||
comptroller's rules. | ||
(f) The state employee charitable campaign policy committee | ||
is subject to the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code. | ||
(g) The state employee charitable campaign policy committee | ||
is subject to the public information law, Chapter 552, Government | ||
Code. | ||
(h) Any contract entered into under Chapter 659, Subchapter | ||
I must require the contracting vendor, institution, individual, | ||
corporation, or other business or charitable entity to provide all | ||
information maintained by the entity related to the expenditure of | ||
public funds to the state employee charitable campaign policy | ||
committee upon request. | ||
(i) The state employee charitable campaign policy committee | ||
is subject to the Texas Sunset Act. Unless continued in existence | ||
as provided by that chapter, the committee is abolished and | ||
Government Code Chapter 659, Subchapter I, and Sections 814.0095 | ||
and 814.0096 expire on September 1, 2013. | ||
Sec. 659.134. DESIGNATION OF AN ELIGIBLE CHARITABLE | ||
ORGANIZATION. (a) A state employee or retired state employee | ||
receiving benefits under Chapter 814 who chooses to make a | ||
deduction must [ |
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charitable organization to receive the deductions. | ||
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2549 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2549 on May 27, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2549 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0 | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |