By Solomons H.B. No. 1517 77R1786 JJT-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to posting the state budget on the Internet. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by adding 1-5 Section 322.014 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 322.014. POSTING BUDGET ON INTERNET. (a) In this 1-7 section: 1-8 (1) "Current state budget" means the current General 1-9 Appropriations Act as modified or affected by the governor's veto 1-10 proclamation and by other significant acts authorizing 1-11 appropriations. 1-12 (2) "Recommended state budget" means the general 1-13 appropriations bill transmitted by the director under Section 1-14 322.008. 1-15 (b) The board shall post on the Internet the current state 1-16 budget and, when available, the recommended state budget proposed 1-17 to the legislature for adoption. 1-18 (c) The board shall provide for state budget information 1-19 posted on the Internet to be, at a minimum, searchable according to 1-20 functional area, subject matter, and state agency categories. The 1-21 Internet posting shall provide for hypertext links, or the 1-22 equivalent, from the searchable categories to appropriate sections 1-23 of the budget intended to achieve results in the searched 1-24 functional area, affecting the searched subject matter, or funding 2-1 the searched state agency. The board shall provide for hypertext 2-2 links, or the equivalent, from budget information posted on the 2-3 Internet to other information resources related to specific budget 2-4 information. 2-5 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.