| TO: | Honorable Tom Craddick, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB2460 by Flynn (Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on the Arts.), As Passed 2nd House |
The bill would continue the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) for six years and require the agency to maintain a system to promptly and efficiently act on complaints and adopt rules to govern the acceptance of private funds to ensure that the use of the funds supports the agency’s primary functions. In addition, the bill would prohibit the agency from creating and directly administering programs for the purpose of qualifying for or complying with a condition for the acceptance of private funding and require the agency to adopt rules to ensure accountability of special initiative grants. The bill would also require the TCA to implement the provisions adopted by the Sunset Commission and report the implementation of those provisions. Based on the analysis of the TCA, duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished by utilizing existing resources.
The bill would take effect on September 1, 2007.
| Source Agencies: | 116 Sunset Advisory Commission, 813 Commission on the Arts
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, MN, WK, MS, JM
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