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. 1-22 * * * * *