1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to information a state agency may post on the Internet.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 2054.121, Government Code, as added by
 1-5     Chapter 1573, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,
 1-6     is amended to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 2054.121.  [REQUIRED] POSTING OF INFORMATION ON
 1-8     INTERNET.  (a) Each state agency, other than an institution of
 1-9     higher education, that receives an aggregate amount of
1-10     appropriations in the General Appropriations Act for a state fiscal
1-11     biennium that exceeds $175 million shall post the following
1-12     information during the biennium on a generally accessible Internet
1-13     site maintained by or for the agency:
1-14                 (1)  an analysis of all agency expenditures during the
1-15     two preceding state fiscal years that lists each county in the
1-16     state and states for each county the amount of agency expenditures
1-17     made in or for the benefit of the county;
1-18                 (2)  if the information required to substantially
1-19     comply with Subdivision (1) is not available, an analysis that
1-20     approximates compliance with Subdivision (1) to the greatest
1-21     possible extent by listing agency expenditures according to
1-22     geographic regions of the state, to the extent possible, and by
1-23     each field office of the agency;
1-24                 (3)  a profile of the governing officer or of each
1-25     member of the governing body of the agency that includes, among
 2-1     other information, the office address of the officer or member;
 2-2                 (4)  a listing and description of all contracts with
 2-3     vendors that have a value exceeding $100,000 that the agency has
 2-4     entered into and that are currently being performed or for which
 2-5     performance has not yet begun;
 2-6                 (5)  a brief description of the agency's duties; and
 2-7                 (6)  an electronic link to the agency's rules as
 2-8     published in the electronic version of the Texas Administrative
 2-9     Code and an electronic link to any written procedure of the agency
2-10     relating to agency hearings that is not contained in the electronic
2-11     version of the Texas Administrative Code.
2-12           (b)  Each state agency that maintains a generally accessible
2-13     Internet site or for which a generally accessible Internet site is
2-14     maintained may post on the site any nonconfidential information
2-15     related to the agency's programs, activities, or functions.
2-16           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 497 passed the Senate on
         April 11, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 497 passed the House on
         May 23, 2001, by a non-record vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                      Date
         _______________________________
                    Governor