1-1 By: Craddick (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 735
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 6, 1995;
1-3 March 7, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Finance; May 19, 1995, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 12, Nays 0; May 19, 1995,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 735 By: Zaffirini
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to uses of balances in the inaugural fund; making an
1-11 appropriation.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 401, Government Code, is
1-14 amended by adding Section 401.011 to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 401.011. INAUGURAL ENDOWMENT FUND. (a) To the extent
1-16 that the balance of the inaugural fund exceeds $100,000 plus the
1-17 amount necessary to cover fund obligations, on the date the
1-18 inaugural committee is dissolved that balance shall be transferred
1-19 to an account in the general revenue fund to be known as the
1-20 inaugural endowment fund. The fund shall be administered and
1-21 expended in accordance with this section.
1-22 (b) The fund may be expended for decorating, furnishing,
1-23 preserving, or improving the Capitol, the Governor's Mansion, or
1-24 other state property of historical significance or for grants in
1-25 support of public schools or public libraries at the discretion of
1-26 the inaugural endowment fund committee.
1-27 (c) The inaugural endowment fund committee is composed of
1-28 the chair of the Texas Historical Commission, a person appointed by
1-29 the governor, a person appointed by the lieutenant governor, and a
1-30 person appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
1-31 Notwithstanding other law, the spouse of the governor, of a member
1-32 of the legislature, or of another state officer may be appointed to
1-33 the committee. The governor shall designate the chair of the
1-34 committee from among the members.
1-35 (d) Appointed members of the committee serve for terms of
1-36 two years, expiring on the third Tuesday in January in odd-numbered
1-37 years. Committee members serve without compensation or
1-38 reimbursement for travel or personal expenses incurred in carrying
1-39 out committee duties, except that the service of the chair of the
1-40 Texas Historical Commission is considered an additional duty of
1-41 that office and expenses for that person shall be reimbursed by the
1-42 commission to the same extent as for performance of other
1-43 commission duties.
1-44 (e) Operations of the committee may not be conducted at
1-45 state expense, and committee functions may not be carried out
1-46 through the use of state personnel or equipment.
1-47 (f) Not later than October 1 of each year, the committee
1-48 shall file a report with the secretary of state detailing
1-49 expenditures made during the 12 months ending on the September 1
1-50 preceding the report. The secretary shall publish the report in
1-51 the Texas Register.
1-52 (g) The committee is a governmental body for purposes of
1-53 Chapters 551 and 552 but is not subject to Chapter 2001.
1-54 (h) Sections 403.094 and 403.095 do not apply to the
1-55 inaugural endowment fund.
1-56 (i) This section expires September 1, 1999.
1-57 SECTION 2. For the biennium ending August 31, 1995, the
1-58 balance of the inaugural endowment fund is appropriated to the
1-59 committee established pursuant to Section 401.011, Government Code,
1-60 as added by this Act, for the purposes provided by that section.
1-61 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-62 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-63 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-64 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-65 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-66 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-67 passage, and it is so enacted.
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