By:  Otto                                                         H.B. No. 1820



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the requirements for reporting certain information to 
the attorney general or the legislature.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2111.002, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 2111.002.  REPORTING.  Each [(a)  Not later than 
January 31 of each year, each] state agency shall report to the 
lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives 
any [attorney general each] technological innovation developed by 
the agency that:
		(1)  has potential commercial application, is 
proprietary, or could be protected under intellectual property 
laws; and
		(2)  was developed:                                                           
			(A)  during the preceding calendar year; or                                  
			(B)  before the preceding calendar year but was 
not previously reported to the lieutenant governor and the speaker 
of the house of representatives [attorney general].
	[(b)  The attorney general may prescribe a form for the 
report.]
	SECTION 2.  Section 311.016(b), Tax Code, is amended to read 
as follows:     
	(b)  The municipality shall send a copy of a report made 
under this section to[:
		[(1)  the attorney general; and                              
		[(2)]  the comptroller.                                      
	SECTION 3.  Section 4.08(c), Chapter 427, Acts of the 44th 
Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1935, as amended (Article 
8280-115, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as 
follows:
	(c)  A copy of the audit report shall be filed with the 
authority, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of 
the house of representatives, [the attorney general,] the 
commission, and the comptroller of public accounts.
	SECTION 4.  A state agency is not required to report a 
technological innovation to the lieutenant governor and the speaker 
of the house of representatives under Section 2111.002(2)(B), 
Government Code, as amended by this Act, if the technological 
innovation was previously reported to the attorney general under 
Section 2111.002.
	SECTION 5.  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.