1-1     By:  Chisum (Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh)              H.B. No. 1476
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 9, 2001;
 1-3     April 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on State
 1-4     Affairs; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the creation of an information link for state agencies
 1-9     with jurisdiction over environmental and natural resources
1-10     matters.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
1-13     amended by adding Section 2054.127 to read as follows:
1-14           Sec. 2054.127.  ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCIES
1-15     INTERNET PORTAL. (a)  State agencies that have jurisdiction over
1-16     matters related to environmental protection or quality or to the
1-17     development, conservation, or preservation of natural resources
1-18     shall develop, in mutual cooperation with the department, a single
1-19     information link, through the TexasOnline portal, to provide
1-20     electronic access to information and services related to the
1-21     agencies' authority and duties, including access to agency rules
1-22     and other public information.
1-23           (b)  The department shall coordinate the efforts of the
1-24     agencies in developing the information link to ensure that the
1-25     efforts produce a link that is compatible with efforts of the task
1-26     force conducted under Section 2054.062.  If the department has a
1-27     program management office, the department may delegate the
1-28     coordination of efforts under this section to that office.
1-29           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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