By Barrientos S.B. No. 1036
75R7936 MLS-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the charitable contributions of state employees.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 659.140(e), Government Code, is amended
1-5 to read as follows:
1-6 (e) The state policy committee shall:
1-7 (1) establish local campaign areas based on
1-8 recommendations by the state advisory committee;
1-9 (2) select as [an eligible federated community
1-10 campaign organization to be] the state campaign manager:
1-11 (A) a federated community campaign organization;
1-12 or
1-13 (B) in the absence of an application by an
1-14 organization described by Paragraph (A), a charitable organization
1-15 determined by the state policy committee to have demonstrated the
1-16 capacity to conduct a state campaign;
1-17 (3) determine the eligibility of a federation or fund
1-18 and its affiliated agencies for statewide participation in the
1-19 state employee charitable campaign;
1-20 (4) approve the recommended campaign plan, budget, and
1-21 generic materials to be used by campaign managers;
1-22 (5) oversee the state employee charitable campaign to
1-23 ensure that all campaign activities are conducted fairly and
1-24 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. Section 659.143(e), Government Code, is amended
2-5 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.
2-26 SECTION 3. Section 659.145(b), Government Code, is amended
2-27 to read as follows:
3-1 (b) A member of the state advisory committee, the state
3-2 policy committee, or a local employee committee may not receive
3-3 compensation for serving on the committee and is not entitled to
3-4 reimbursement from state funds for expenses incurred in performing
3-5 functions as a member of the committee.
3-6 SECTION 4. Subchapter H, Chapter 659, Government Code, is
3-7 amended by adding Section 659.153 to read as follows:
3-8 Sec. 659.153. LEGAL REPRESENTATION. The attorney general
3-9 shall represent the state policy committee and each local employee
3-10 committee in all legal matters.
3-11 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
3-12 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
3-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.