1-1     By:  Truan                                            S.B. No. 1903

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 21, 1997; March 25, 1997, read

 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;

 1-4     April 10, 1997, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 13,

 1-5     Nays 0; April 10, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-7                                   AN ACT

 1-8     relating to the acceptance of gifts, grants, and donations by the

 1-9     secretary of state.

1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-11           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 405, Government Code, is

1-12     amended by adding Section 405.005 to read as follows:

1-13           Sec. 405.005.  ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS.

1-14     (a)  The secretary of state may accept or solicit gifts, grants,

1-15     and donations of money or property on behalf of the state for any

1-16     lawful public purpose related to the office or duties of the

1-17     secretary of state.

1-18           (b)  The secretary of state may decline to accept a gift,

1-19     grant, or donation that is made for a specific purpose if the

1-20     secretary of state determines the gift may not be used reasonably

1-21     or economically for the designated purpose.

1-22           SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-23     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-24     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-25     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-26     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

1-27     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

1-28     passage, and it is so enacted.

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