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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain reports, communications, and publications |
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involving the attorney general. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 242.005(a) and (c), Health and Safety |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The department [and the attorney general each] shall |
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prepare annually a full report of the operation and administration |
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of the department's [their respective] responsibilities under this |
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chapter, including recommendations and suggestions considered |
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advisable. |
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(c) The department [and the attorney general] shall submit |
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the required report [reports] to the governor and the legislature |
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not later than October 1 of each year. |
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SECTION 2. Section 247.050(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The department [and the attorney general] shall file a |
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copy of the quarterly reports required by this section with the |
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substantive committees of each house of the legislature with |
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jurisdiction over regulation of assisted living facilities. |
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SECTION 3. Section 61.0815(c), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) The [attorney general and the] president of each |
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institution of higher education shall collect all necessary data |
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for inclusion in the report required by this section. |
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SECTION 4. Section 231.005(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The Title IV-D agency shall report to the legislature |
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each biennium on: |
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(1) the effectiveness of the agency's child support |
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enforcement activity in reducing the state's public assistance |
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obligations; and |
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(2) the use and effectiveness of all enforcement tools |
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authorized by state or federal law or otherwise available to the |
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agency[; and
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[(3)
the progress and impact of the Title IV-D agency's
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efforts to use private contractors to perform Title IV–D program
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functions]. |
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SECTION 5. Section 143.056(h), Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(h) The department head may order an indefinite suspension |
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based on an act classified as a felony or a Class A or B misdemeanor |
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after the 180-day period following the date of the discovery of the |
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act by the department if the department head considers delay to be |
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necessary to protect a criminal investigation of the person's |
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conduct. [If the department head intends to order an indefinite
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suspension after the 180-day period, the department head must file
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with the attorney general a statement describing the criminal
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investigation and its objectives within 180 days after the date the
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act complained of occurred.] |
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SECTION 6. The following provisions are repealed: |
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(1) Section 236.002(e), Family Code; |
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(2) Section 402.034, Government Code; |
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(3) Section 481.168, Government Code; |
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(4) Section 2107.005, Government Code; |
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(5) Section 247.050(b), Health and Safety Code; and |
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(6) Section 240.903, Local Government Code. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |