H.B. No. 1053
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to funding for victims of family violence.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Chapter 51, Human Resources Code, is amended by
    1-5  adding Section 51.0051 to read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 51.0051.  MAXIMIZING FEDERAL FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS TO
    1-7  BENEFIT VICTIMS OF FAMILY VIOLENCE.  To maximize the state's
    1-8  receipt of federal matching funds for emergency assistance under
    1-9  Part A of Title IV of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
   1-10  Section 601 et seq.), the department shall:
   1-11              (1)  ensure that a contract made under Section 51.003
   1-12  includes provisions necessary to maximize federal funding for
   1-13  services for victims of family violence;
   1-14              (2)  file amendments to the state's plan for aid and
   1-15  services to needy families with children under Part A of Title IV
   1-16  of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 601 et seq.)
   1-17  that are necessary to maximize federal funding; and
   1-18              (3)  establish by rule any reporting procedures that
   1-19  federal law requires as a condition of receiving federal matching
   1-20  funds.
   1-21        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   1-22        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   1-23  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   1-24  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
    2-1  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
    2-2  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.