By:  Nelson                                                       S.B. No. 1051

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Human Services to solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 22.001, Human Resources Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) The department may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations of money or property from public or private sources for use in assisting needy persons or otherwise carrying out any of the department's functions. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.