H.B. No. 735 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to uses of balances in the inaugural fund; making an 1-3 appropriation. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 401, Government Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 401.011 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 401.011. INAUGURAL ENDOWMENT FUND. (a) To the extent 1-8 that the balance of the inaugural fund exceeds $100,000 plus the 1-9 amount necessary to cover fund obligations, on the date the 1-10 inaugural committee is dissolved that balance shall be transferred 1-11 to an account in the general revenue fund to be known as the 1-12 inaugural endowment fund. The fund shall be administered and 1-13 expended in accordance with this section. 1-14 (b) The fund may be expended for decorating, furnishing, 1-15 preserving, or improving the Capitol, the Governor's Mansion, or 1-16 other state property of historical significance or for grants in 1-17 support of public schools or public libraries at the discretion of 1-18 the inaugural endowment fund committee. 1-19 (c) The inaugural endowment fund committee is composed of 1-20 the chair of the Texas Historical Commission, a person appointed by 1-21 the governor, a person appointed by the lieutenant governor, and a 1-22 person appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. 1-23 Notwithstanding other law, the spouse of the governor, of a member 1-24 of the legislature, or of another state officer may be appointed to 2-1 the committee. The governor shall designate the chair of the 2-2 committee from among the members. 2-3 (d) Appointed members of the committee serve for terms of 2-4 two years, expiring on the third Tuesday in January in odd-numbered 2-5 years. Committee members serve without compensation or 2-6 reimbursement for travel or personal expenses incurred in carrying 2-7 out committee duties, except that the service of the chair of the 2-8 Texas Historical Commission is considered an additional duty of 2-9 that office and expenses for that person shall be reimbursed by the 2-10 commission to the same extent as for performance of other 2-11 commission duties. 2-12 (e) Operations of the committee may not be conducted at 2-13 state expense, and committee functions may not be carried out 2-14 through the use of state personnel or equipment. 2-15 (f) Not later than October 1 of each year, the committee 2-16 shall file a report with the secretary of state detailing 2-17 expenditures made during the 12 months ending on the September 1 2-18 preceding the report. The secretary shall publish the report in 2-19 the Texas Register. 2-20 (g) The committee is a governmental body for purposes of 2-21 Chapters 551 and 552 but is not subject to Chapter 2001. 2-22 (h) Sections 403.094 and 403.095 do not apply to the 2-23 inaugural endowment fund. 2-24 (i) This section expires September 1, 1999. 2-25 SECTION 2. For the biennium ending August 31, 1995, the 2-26 balance of the inaugural endowment fund is appropriated to the 2-27 committee established pursuant to Section 401.011, Government Code, 3-1 as added by this Act, for the purposes provided by that section. 3-2 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 3-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 3-7 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 3-8 passage, and it is so enacted.