AN ACT
1-1 relating to the charitable contributions of state employees.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Subsection (e), Section 659.140, Government Code,
1-4 is amended to read as follows:
1-5 (e) The state policy committee shall:
1-6 (1) establish local campaign areas based on
1-7 recommendations by the state advisory committee;
1-8 (2) select as [an eligible federated community
1-9 campaign organization to be] the state campaign manager:
1-10 (A) a federated community campaign organization;
1-11 or
1-12 (B) in the absence of an application by an
1-13 organization described by Paragraph (A), a charitable organization
1-14 determined by the state policy committee to have demonstrated the
1-15 capacity to conduct a state campaign;
1-16 (3) determine the eligibility of a federation or fund
1-17 and its affiliated agencies for statewide participation in the
1-18 state employee charitable campaign;
1-19 (4) approve the recommended campaign plan, budget, and
1-20 generic materials to be used by campaign managers;
1-21 (5) oversee the state employee charitable campaign to
1-22 ensure that all campaign activities are conducted fairly and
1-23 equitably to promote unified solicitation on behalf of all
2-1 participants; and
2-2 (6) perform other duties prescribed by the
2-3 comptroller's rules.
2-4 SECTION 2. Subsection (e), Section 659.143, Government Code,
2-5 is amended to read as follows:
2-6 (e) The local employee committee shall:
2-7 (1) select as the local campaign manager:
2-8 (A) [contract with] a federated community
2-9 campaign organization [to serve as the local campaign manager]; or
2-10 (B) in the absence of an application by an
2-11 organization described by Paragraph (A), a charitable organization
2-12 determined by the local employee committee to have demonstrated the
2-13 capacity to conduct a local campaign;
2-14 (2) determine the eligibility of local charitable
2-15 organizations to participate in the state employee charitable
2-16 campaign;
2-17 (3) in consultation with the local campaign manager,
2-18 approve the recommended campaign plan, budget, and generic
2-19 materials to be used by campaign managers;
2-20 (4) oversee the local state employee charitable
2-21 campaign to ensure that all local campaign activities are conducted
2-22 fairly and equitably to promote unified solicitation on behalf of
2-23 all participants; and
2-24 (5) perform other duties prescribed by the
2-25 comptroller's rules.
3-1 SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 659.145, Government Code,
3-2 is amended to read as follows:
3-3 (b) A member of the state advisory committee, the state
3-4 policy committee, or a local employee committee may not receive
3-5 compensation for serving on the committee and is not entitled to
3-6 reimbursement from state funds for expenses incurred in performing
3-7 functions as a member of the committee.
3-8 SECTION 4. Subchapter H, Chapter 659, Government Code, is
3-9 amended by adding Section 659.153 to read as follows:
3-10 Sec. 659.153. LEGAL REPRESENTATION. The attorney general
3-11 shall represent the state policy committee and each local employee
3-12 committee in all legal matters.
3-13 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
3-14 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
3-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1036 passed the Senate on
April 24, 1997, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1036 passed the House on
May 27, 1997, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor