By: Turner S.B. No. 729
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to designation of the Texas Agricultural Experiment
1-2 Station as administrator of the United States Bureau of the Census
1-3 federal-state cooperative programs.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 88, Education Code, is
1-6 amended by adding Section 88.214 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 88.214. ADMINISTRATOR OF THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF
1-8 THE CENSUS FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATIVE. The Texas Agricultural
1-9 Experiment Station shall serve as the official cognizant
1-10 administrator for the State of Texas of the United States Bureau of
1-11 the Census federal-state cooperative program for population
1-12 estimates and the federal-state cooperative program for population
1-13 projections and as coordinating agency for the State Data Center
1-14 program.
1-15 SECTION 2. Section 481.182, Government Code, is amended to
1-16 read as follows:
1-17 Sec. 481.182. DUTIES. The department shall:
1-18 (1) establish and maintain a central depository of
1-19 information, including computer retrievable files, concerning the
1-20 significant characteristics of the state and its people, economy,
1-21 land, and physical characteristics, including information
1-22 concerning employment opportunities in the state;
1-23 (2) analyze the information collected under
2-1 Subdivision (1) as well as other information and disseminate the
2-2 information and analyses to state, federal, and local agencies and
2-3 the public;
2-4 (3) <serve as the official cognizant administrator of
2-5 the United States Bureau of the Census federal state cooperative;>
2-6 <(4)> collect information and compile data on the
2-7 border region for the preparation of specific plans and programs
2-8 for the border region;
2-9 (4) <(5)> adopt procedures to ensure the greatest use
2-10 by and exchange among state agencies of data bases and statistical
2-11 and analytical models created by or belonging to the state;
2-12 (5) <(6)> assist institutions of elementary,
2-13 secondary, and higher education to develop and expand programs of
2-14 education in international commerce, geography, and language;
2-15 (6) <(7)> establish and operate a comprehensive
2-16 clearinghouse of information relating to small businesses; and
2-17 (7) <(8)> develop and maintain a master file of
2-18 information on small business assistance programs provided by
2-19 federal, state, and local agencies, educational institutions,
2-20 chambers of commerce, civic organizations, community development
2-21 groups, private industry associations, and other organizations and
2-22 provide comprehensive, timely information to persons seeking that
2-23 information.
2-24 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-25 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-4 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-5 passage, and it is so enacted.