Bill Text: TX SB372 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to certain reports, communications, publications, and other documents involving the attorney general.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-04 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB372 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB372-Engrossed.html

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By: Seliger S.B. No. 372

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain reports, communications, publications, and
other documents involving the attorney general.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 61.0815, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(c) The [attorney general and the] president of each
institution of higher education shall collect all necessary data
for inclusion in the report required by this section.
SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 231.005, Family Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The Title IV-D agency shall report to the legislature
each biennium on:
(1) the effectiveness of the agency's child support
enforcement activity in reducing the state's public assistance
obligations; and
(2) the use and effectiveness of all enforcement tools
authorized by state or federal law or otherwise available to the
agency[; and
[(3) the progress and impact of the Title IV-D agency's
efforts to use private contractors to perform Title IV-D program
functions].
SECTION 3. Section 41.002, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 41.002. NOTIFICATION OF ADDRESS. Each district and
county attorney shall notify the [attorney general and] comptroller
of his post office address as soon as practicable after his election
and qualification.
SECTION 4. Subsections (a) and (c), Section 242.005, Health
and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The department [and the attorney general each] shall
prepare annually a full report of the operation and administration
of the department's [their respective] responsibilities under this
chapter, including recommendations and suggestions considered
advisable.
(c) The department [and the attorney general] shall submit
the required report [reports] to the governor and the legislature
not later than October 1 of each year.
SECTION 5. Subsection (c), Section 247.050, Health and
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c) The department [and the attorney general] shall file a
copy of the quarterly reports required by this section with the
substantive committees of each house of the legislature with
jurisdiction over regulation of assisted living facilities.
SECTION 6. Subsection (b), Section 311.016, Tax Code, as
amended by Chapters 977 (H.B. 1820) and 1094 (H.B. 2120), Acts of
the 79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is reenacted and
amended to read as follows:
(b) The municipality or county shall send a copy of a report
made under this section to[:
[(1) the attorney general; and
[(2)] the comptroller.
SECTION 7. The following provisions are repealed:
(1) Subsection (e), Section 236.002, Family Code;
(2) Section 402.034, Government Code;
(3) Section 481.168, Government Code;
(4) Section 2107.005, Government Code;
(5) Subsection (b), Section 247.050, Health and Safety
Code;
(6) Section 240.903, Local Government Code; and
(7) Section 395.082, Local Government Code.
SECTION 8. 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, 2011.