81R2933 MTB-D
 
  By: Carona S.B. No. 509
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the reporting of proposed publicity expenditures by
  state agencies to certain legislative committees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2113.011, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
         (f)  Not later than June 1 of each year, a state agency shall
  provide the agency's proposed publicity expenditures, including
  expenditures described by Subsection (c), (d), or (e), for the
  following state fiscal year to each standing legislative committee
  with primary jurisdiction over the agency. On the vote of a majority
  of a standing committee's members, a standing committee may send to
  the agency a statement supporting or opposing a proposed
  expenditure.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.