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. 1-30 * * * * *