By Alexander H.B. No. 631
76R1170 MLS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the acceptance of certain gifts by state agencies.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 575.003, Government Code, is amended to
1-5 read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 575.003. ACCEPTANCE OF GIFT BY STATE AGENCY GOVERNING
1-7 BOARD. A state agency that has a governing board may accept a gift
1-8 only if the agency has the authority to accept the gift and a
1-9 majority of the board, in an open meeting, acknowledges the
1-10 acceptance of [approves accepting] the gift not later than the 90th
1-11 day after the date the gift is accepted.
1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
1-13 applies only to a gift accepted by a state agency on or after that
1-14 date. A gift accepted by a state agency before the effective date
1-15 of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the gift
1-16 was accepted, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-17 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.