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Senate Bill 625 |
Senate Author: Kolkhorst |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
House Sponsor: Stephenson et al. |
Senate Bill 625 amends the Government Code to require the comptroller of public accounts to create and make accessible on the Internet a database to be known as the special purpose district public information database that contains specified information regarding certain special purpose districts of the state.
Senate Bill 625 amends the Local Government Code to require an applicable special purpose district to transmit information to the comptroller annually for purposes of providing the comptroller with information to operate and update the database. The bill provides for penalties for noncompliance with such requirement.
Senate Bill 625 specifies that the comptroller is required to implement the bill only if the legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the comptroller may, but is not required to, implement the bill using other appropriations available for that purpose.