1-1 By: Turner S.B. No. 729
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 1993; March 10, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; March 24, 1993,
1-4 reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
1-5 March 24, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Ratliff x
1-9 Haley x
1-10 Barrientos x
1-11 Bivins x
1-12 Harris of Tarrant x
1-13 Luna x
1-14 Montford x
1-15 Shapiro x
1-16 Sibley x
1-17 Turner x
1-18 Zaffirini x
1-19 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-20 AN ACT
1-21 relating to designation of the Texas Agricultural Experiment
1-22 Station as administrator of the United States Bureau of the Census
1-23 federal-state cooperative programs.
1-24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-25 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 88, Education Code, is
1-26 amended by adding Section 88.214 to read as follows:
1-27 Sec. 88.214. ADMINISTRATOR OF THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF
1-28 THE CENSUS FEDERAL-STATE COOPERATIVE. The Texas Agricultural
1-29 Experiment Station shall serve as the official cognizant
1-30 administrator for the State of Texas of the United States Bureau of
1-31 the Census federal-state cooperative program for population
1-32 estimates and the federal-state cooperative program for population
1-33 projections and as coordinating agency for the State Data Center
1-34 program.
1-35 SECTION 2. Section 481.182, Government Code, is amended to
1-36 read as follows:
1-37 Sec. 481.182. DUTIES. The department shall:
1-38 (1) establish and maintain a central depository of
1-39 information, including computer retrievable files, concerning the
1-40 significant characteristics of the state and its people, economy,
1-41 land, and physical characteristics, including information
1-42 concerning employment opportunities in the state;
1-43 (2) analyze the information collected under
1-44 Subdivision (1) as well as other information and disseminate the
1-45 information and analyses to state, federal, and local agencies and
1-46 the public;
1-47 (3) <serve as the official cognizant administrator of
1-48 the United States Bureau of the Census federal state cooperative;>
1-49 <(4)> collect information and compile data on the
1-50 border region for the preparation of specific plans and programs
1-51 for the border region;
1-52 (4) <(5)> adopt procedures to ensure the greatest use
1-53 by and exchange among state agencies of data bases and statistical
1-54 and analytical models created by or belonging to the state;
1-55 (5) <(6)> assist institutions of elementary,
1-56 secondary, and higher education to develop and expand programs of
1-57 education in international commerce, geography, and language;
1-58 (6) <(7)> establish and operate a comprehensive
1-59 clearinghouse of information relating to small businesses; and
1-60 (7) <(8)> develop and maintain a master file of
1-61 information on small business assistance programs provided by
1-62 federal, state, and local agencies, educational institutions,
1-63 chambers of commerce, civic organizations, community development
1-64 groups, private industry associations, and other organizations and
1-65 provide comprehensive, timely information to persons seeking that
1-66 information.
1-67 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-68 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-4 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-5 passage, and it is so enacted.
2-6 * * * * *
2-7 Austin,
2-8 Texas
2-9 March 24, 1993
2-10 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-11 President of the Senate
2-12 Sir:
2-13 We, your Committee on Education to which was referred S.B. No. 729,
2-14 have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to
2-15 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
2-16 pass and be printed.
2-17 Ratliff,
2-18 Chairman
2-19 * * * * *
2-20 WITNESSES
2-21 FOR AGAINST ON
2-22 ___________________________________________________________________
2-23 Name: Steve H. Murdock x
2-24 Representing: Tx Agricultural Exp Station
2-25 City: College Station
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