Bill Text: TX SB622 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to itemizing certain public notice expenditures in certain political subdivision budgets.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective immediately [SB622 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB622-Enrolled.html
 
 
  S.B. No. 622
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to itemizing certain public notice expenditures in certain
  political subdivision budgets.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended
  by adding Section 140.0045 to read as follows:
         Sec. 140.0045.  ITEMIZATION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC NOTICE
  EXPENDITURES REQUIRED IN CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISION BUDGETS.
  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), the proposed budget of a
  political subdivision must include a line item indicating
  expenditures for notices required by law to be published in a
  newspaper by the political subdivision or a representative of the
  political subdivision that allows as clear a comparison as
  practicable between those expenditures in the proposed budget and
  actual expenditures for the same purpose in the preceding year.
         (b)  This section does not apply to:
               (1)  a county with a population of less than 50,000; or
               (2)  a political subdivision primarily located in a
  county described by Subdivision (1).
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by Section 140.0045, Local
  Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a proposed
  budget for a fiscal year beginning on or after January 1, 2018.
         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, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 622 passed the Senate on
  March 29, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 622 passed the House on
  May 9, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, two present
  not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor
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