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Amend CSHB 2439 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 322.0081 to read as follows:
Sec. 322.0081. BUDGET DOCUMENTS ONLINE. (a) In order to assist members of the public in posting cost-efficiency suggestions and ideas, the board shall post on the board's Internet website all documents prepared by the board that are provided to a committee, subcommittee, or conference committee of either house of the legislature in connection with an appropriations bill.
(b) The board shall post a document to which this section applies as soon as practicable after the document is provided to a committee, subcommittee, or conference committee.
(c) The document must be downloadable and provide data in an open standard format that allows the public to search, extract, organize, and analyze the information in the document.
SECTION ____. Section 322.0081, Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to documents provided to a committee, subcommittee, or conference committee on or after October 1, 2011.