By:  Casteel (Senate Sponsor - Ellis)                             H.B. No. 860
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2005; 
April 19, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Finance; May 18, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote:  
Yeas 12, Nays 0; May 18, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to charitable contributions by state employees to certain 
General Land Office programs.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 31.0655, Natural Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 31.0655.  STATE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS TO SAVE TEXAS 
HISTORY AND ADOPT-A-BEACH PROGRAMS [ADOPT-A-MAP/ADOPT-A-DOCUMENT 
PROGRAM].  For purposes of Subchapter I, Chapter 659, Government 
Code:
		(1)  the land office, for the sole purpose of managing 
the Save Texas History and Adopt-A-Beach programs
[Adopt-A-Map/Adopt-A-Document Program], is considered an eligible 
charitable organization entitled to participate in the state 
employee charitable campaign; and
		(2)  a state employee is entitled to authorize a 
deduction for contributions to the land office for the purposes of 
managing the Save Texas History and Adopt-A-Beach programs
[Adopt-A-Map/Adopt-A-Document Program] as a charitable 
contribution under Section 659.132, Government Code, and the land 
office may use the contributions for the purpose of:
			(A)  preserving historic maps and documents under 
the Save Texas History program; or
			(B)  administering the Adopt-A-Beach [that] 
program.
	SECTION 2.  The General Land Office may transfer any money 
contributed to the land office for the 
Adopt-A-Map/Adopt-A-Document program under Section 31.0655, 
Natural Resources Code, to the Save Texas History and Adopt-A-Beach 
programs under Section 31.0655, Natural Resources Code, as amended 
by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2005.



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