1-1     By:  Madla                                             S.B. No. 200
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 8, 2001; January 11, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
 1-4     Relations; February 15, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; February 15, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to state and regional coordination of planning and
 1-9     development for implementation of state programs.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 391.009, Local Government Code, is
1-12     amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-13           (c)  In carrying out their planning and program development
1-14     responsibilities, state agencies shall, to the greatest extent
1-15     feasible, coordinate planning with commissions to ensure effective
1-16     and orderly implementation of state programs at the regional level.
1-17           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-18     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-19     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-20     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-21     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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