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.