1-1 By: Barrientos S.B. No. 1036
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 7, 1997; March 11, 1997, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
1-4 April 11, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 13,
1-5 Nays 0; April 11, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the charitable contributions of state employees.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Subsection (e), Section 659.140, Government Code,
1-11 is amended to read as follows:
1-12 (e) The state policy committee shall:
1-13 (1) establish local campaign areas based on
1-14 recommendations by the state advisory committee;
1-15 (2) select as [an eligible federated community
1-16 campaign organization to be] the state campaign manager:
1-17 (A) a federated community campaign organization;
1-18 or
1-19 (B) in the absence of an application by an
1-20 organization described by Paragraph (A), a charitable organization
1-21 determined by the state policy committee to have demonstrated the
1-22 capacity to conduct a state campaign;
1-23 (3) determine the eligibility of a federation or fund
1-24 and its affiliated agencies for statewide participation in the
1-25 state employee charitable campaign;
1-26 (4) approve the recommended campaign plan, budget, and
1-27 generic materials to be used by campaign managers;
1-28 (5) oversee the state employee charitable campaign to
1-29 ensure that all campaign activities are conducted fairly and
1-30 equitably to promote unified solicitation on behalf of all
1-31 participants; and
1-32 (6) perform other duties prescribed by the
1-33 comptroller's rules.
1-34 SECTION 2. Subsection (e), Section 659.143, Government Code,
1-35 is amended to read as follows:
1-36 (e) The local employee committee shall:
1-37 (1) select as the local campaign manager:
1-38 (A) [contract with] a federated community
1-39 campaign organization [to serve as the local campaign manager]; or
1-40 (B) in the absence of an application by an
1-41 organization described by Paragraph (A), a charitable organization
1-42 determined by the local employee committee to have demonstrated the
1-43 capacity to conduct a local campaign;
1-44 (2) determine the eligibility of local charitable
1-45 organizations to participate in the state employee charitable
1-46 campaign;
1-47 (3) in consultation with the local campaign manager,
1-48 approve the recommended campaign plan, budget, and generic
1-49 materials to be used by campaign managers;
1-50 (4) oversee the local state employee charitable
1-51 campaign to ensure that all local campaign activities are conducted
1-52 fairly and equitably to promote unified solicitation on behalf of
1-53 all participants; and
1-54 (5) perform other duties prescribed by the
1-55 comptroller's rules.
1-56 SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 659.145, Government Code,
1-57 is amended to read as follows:
1-58 (b) A member of the state advisory committee, the state
1-59 policy committee, or a local employee committee may not receive
1-60 compensation for serving on the committee and is not entitled to
1-61 reimbursement from state funds for expenses incurred in performing
1-62 functions as a member of the committee.
1-63 SECTION 4. Subchapter H, Chapter 659, Government Code, is
1-64 amended by adding Section 659.153 to read as follows:
2-1 Sec. 659.153. LEGAL REPRESENTATION. The attorney general
2-2 shall represent the state policy committee and each local employee
2-3 committee in all legal matters.
2-4 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-5 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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