Bill Text: TX SB446 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the acceptance or expenditure of federal funds by a political subdivision.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Left pending in committee [SB446 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB446-Introduced.html
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| By: Burton | S.B. No. 446 | |
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| relating to the acceptance or expenditure of federal funds by a | ||
| political subdivision. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 140.012 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 140.012. ACCEPTANCE AND EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS. | ||
| (a) Before a political subdivision may accept or expend a federal | ||
| grant or other federal funds that have not been appropriated by the | ||
| legislature, the political subdivision shall report to the | ||
| comptroller: | ||
| (1) the total amount of federal funds to be received or | ||
| expended; and | ||
| (2) the proposed use of the federal funds. | ||
| (b) The comptroller: | ||
| (1) may develop and maintain an online reporting | ||
| system for the submission of information required to be reported | ||
| under Subsection (a); and | ||
| (2) shall make available to the public, on the | ||
| comptroller's Internet website, a searchable database of | ||
| information reported under Subsection (a). | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2017. | ||
