By Dutton H.B. No. 2830 74R4502 CLG-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to certain forms filed by private foundations. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 9, Title 32, Revised Statutes, is amended 1-5 by adding Article 1408 to read as follows: 1-6 Art. 1408. PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS: FORMS. (a) A private 1-7 foundation incorporated in this state or whose principal office is 1-8 located in this state shall file with the office of the attorney 1-9 general a copy of the foundation's Internal Revenue Service Form 1-10 990, or any successor to that form, when the private foundation 1-11 files the form with the Internal Revenue Service. 1-12 (b) In this section, "private foundation" has the meaning 1-13 assigned by Section 509(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-15 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.