Bill Text: TX HB941 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to state collaboration with federally recognized Indian tribes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-24 - Considered in Calendars [HB941 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB941-Comm_Sub.html
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By: M. Gonzalez of El Paso, Nevarez, White | H.B. No. 941 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 941: | |||
By: Oliveira | C.S.H.B. No. 941 |
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relating to state collaboration with federally recognized Indian | ||
tribes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the State-Tribal | ||
Collaboration Act. | ||
SECTION 2. Subtitle E, Title 4, Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Chapter 471 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 471. STATE COLLABORATION WITH INDIAN TRIBES | ||
Sec. 471.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "American Indian" means an individual who is: | ||
(A) a member of a federally recognized Indian | ||
tribe; or | ||
(B) eligible for federal services and programs | ||
provided to American Indians, including services and programs | ||
provided by the United States Department of Health and Human | ||
Services and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. | ||
(2) "Indian tribe" or "tribe" means a federally | ||
recognized tribe, band, pueblo, or community of American Indians | ||
located wholly or partially in this state. | ||
(3) "State agency" means an agency, department, | ||
office, or other entity in the executive, legislative, or judicial | ||
branch of state government and includes an institution of higher | ||
education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
Sec. 471.002. COLLABORATION WITH INDIAN TRIBES; AGENCY | ||
POLICY; REPORT. (a) Each state agency shall collaborate with | ||
Indian tribes when developing and implementing agency policies, | ||
agreements, and programs that directly affect American Indians. | ||
(b) Each state agency whose policies, agreements, and | ||
programs directly affect American Indians shall: | ||
(1) promote effective communication and collaboration | ||
between the state agency and Indian tribes; | ||
(2) promote positive intergovernmental relations | ||
between the state and Indian tribes; | ||
(3) promote cultural competency in effectively | ||
providing services to American Indians; and | ||
(4) annually report to the governor and the | ||
legislature regarding the agency's actions under this section. | ||
Sec. 471.003. TRAINING. (a) Each state agency whose | ||
policies, agreements, and programs directly affect American | ||
Indians shall develop, with the assistance of a representative of | ||
an Indian tribe, a training program that encourages effective | ||
communication and collaboration between the agency and Indian | ||
tribes. The training program must include the requirements in | ||
Sections 471.002(b)(1)-(3). | ||
(b) A state agency whose policies, agreements, and programs | ||
directly affect American Indians may require an employee to attend | ||
a training program developed under this section. | ||
Sec. 471.004. ANNUAL SUMMIT. Not later than the last day of | ||
the third quarter of each state fiscal year, the governor or the | ||
governor's designee and the leaders of Indian tribes shall meet in a | ||
state-tribal summit to address issues of mutual concern. | ||
Sec. 471.005. RIGHT OF ACTION. Nothing in this chapter | ||
creates a right of action against a state agency or waives state or | ||
tribal immunity. | ||
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, 2013. |