By Shapleigh S.B. No. 497
77R2066 MCK-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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
2-1 member of the governing body of the agency that includes, among
2-2 other information, the office address of the officer or member;
2-3 (4) a listing and description of all contracts with
2-4 vendors that have a value exceeding $100,000 that the agency has
2-5 entered into and that are currently being performed or for which
2-6 performance has not yet begun;
2-7 (5) a brief description of the agency's duties; and
2-8 (6) an electronic link to the agency's rules as
2-9 published in the electronic version of the Texas Administrative
2-10 Code and an electronic link to any written procedure of the agency
2-11 relating to agency hearings that is not contained in the electronic
2-12 version of the Texas Administrative Code.
2-13 (b) Each state agency that maintains a generally accessible
2-14 Internet site or for which a generally accessible Internet site is
2-15 maintained may post on the site any nonconfidential information
2-16 related to the agency's programs, activities, or functions.
2-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.