1-1     By:  Goolsby (Senate Sponsor - Cain)                  H.B. No. 2439
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
 1-3     May 1, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Administration; May 8, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 8, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to uses of balances in the inaugural fund.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 401, Government Code, is
1-11     amended by adding Section 401.011 to read as follows:
1-12           Sec. 401.011.  INAUGURAL ENDOWMENT FUND.  (a)  To the extent
1-13     that the balance of the inaugural fund exceeds $100,000 plus the
1-14     amount necessary to cover fund obligations, on the date the
1-15     inaugural committee appointed for an inauguration is dissolved that
1-16     balance shall be transferred to an account in the general revenue
1-17     fund to be known as the inaugural endowment fund.  The fund shall
1-18     be administered and expended in accordance with this section.
1-19           (b)  The fund may be expended for decorating, furnishing,
1-20     preserving, or improving the Capitol, the Governor's Mansion, or
1-21     other state property of historical significance or for grants in
1-22     support of public schools or public libraries at the discretion of
1-23     the inaugural endowment fund committee.
1-24           (c)  The inaugural endowment fund committee is composed of
1-25     the chair of the Texas Historical Commission, a person appointed by
1-26     the governor, a person appointed by the lieutenant governor, and a
1-27     person appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.
1-28     Notwithstanding other law, the spouse of the governor, of a member
1-29     of the legislature, or of another state officer may be appointed to
1-30     the committee.  The governor shall designate the chair of the
1-31     committee from among the members.
1-32           (d)  Appointed members of the committee serve for terms of
1-33     two years, expiring on the third Tuesday in January in odd-numbered
1-34     years.  Committee members serve without compensation or
1-35     reimbursement for travel or personal expenses incurred in carrying
1-36     out committee duties, except that the service of the chair of the
1-37     Texas Historical Commission is considered an additional duty of
1-38     that office and expenses for that person shall be reimbursed by the
1-39     commission to the same extent as for performance of other
1-40     commission duties.
1-41           (e)  Operations of the committee may not be conducted at
1-42     state expense, and committee functions may not be carried out
1-43     through the use of state personnel or equipment.
1-44           (f)  Not later than October 1 of each year, the committee
1-45     shall file a report with the secretary of state detailing
1-46     expenditures made during the 12 months ending on the August 31
1-47     preceding the report.  The secretary of state shall publish the
1-48     report in the Texas Register.
1-49           (g)  The committee is a governmental body for purposes of
1-50     Chapters 551 and 552 but is not subject to Chapter 2001.
1-51           (h)  Section 403.095 does not apply to the inaugural
1-52     endowment fund.
1-53           SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect February 1, 2003.
1-54           (b)  The governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the
1-55     house of representatives shall make the initial appointments to the
1-56     inaugural endowment fund committee not later than March 1, 2003.
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