1-1 By: Turner of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh) H.B. No. 2835 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 1999; 1-3 May 3, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on State 1-4 Affairs; May 13, 1999, reported favorably, as amended, by the 1-5 following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 13, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Shapleigh 1-7 Amend H.B. 2835 as follows: 1-8 Between "exceeding" and "that" (HOUSE ENGROSSMENT, page 1, 1-9 line 41), delete "$15,000" and insert "$100,000" in its place. 1-10 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 2 By: Shapleigh 1-11 Amend H.B. 2835 as follows: 1-12 Between "agency" and "that" (HOUSE ENGROSSMENT, page 1, line 1-13 22) insert ", other than an institution of higher education," 1-14 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-15 AN ACT 1-16 relating to information that certain state agencies must post on 1-17 the Internet. 1-18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-19 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is 1-20 amended by adding Section 2054.121 to read as follows: 1-21 Sec. 2054.121. REQUIRED POSTING OF INFORMATION ON INTERNET. 1-22 Each state agency that receives an aggregate amount of 1-23 appropriations in the General Appropriations Act for a state 1-24 fiscal biennium that exceeds $175 million shall post the following 1-25 information during the biennium on a generally accessible Internet 1-26 site maintained by or for the agency: 1-27 (1) an analysis of all agency expenditures during the 1-28 two preceding state fiscal years that lists each county in the 1-29 state and states for each county the amount of agency expenditures 1-30 made in or for the benefit of the county; 1-31 (2) if the information required to substantially 1-32 comply with Subdivision (1) is not available, an analysis that 1-33 approximates compliance with Subdivision (1) to the greatest 1-34 possible extent by listing agency expenditures according to 1-35 geographic regions of the state, to the extent possible, and by 1-36 each field office of the agency; 1-37 (3) a profile of the governing officer or of each 1-38 member of the governing body of the agency that includes, among 1-39 other information, the office address of the officer or member; 1-40 (4) a listing and description of all contracts with 1-41 vendors that have a value exceeding $15,000 that the agency has 1-42 entered into and that are currently being performed or for which 1-43 performance has not yet begun; 1-44 (5) a brief description of the agency's duties; and 1-45 (6) an electronic link to the agency's rules as 1-46 published in the electronic version of the Texas Administrative 1-47 Code and an electronic link to any written procedure of the agency 1-48 relating to agency hearings that is not contained in the electronic 1-49 version of the Texas Administrative Code. 1-50 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect October 1, 1999. 1-51 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-52 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-53 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-54 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-55 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-56 * * * * *