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By: Herrero, Cortez, Alvarado |
H.B. No. 1128 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Garcia) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2013; |
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April 29, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Government Organization; May 16, 2013, reported adversely, with |
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favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, |
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Nays 0; May 16, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1128 |
By: Garcia |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to posting suggestions and ideas on cost-efficiency on |
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certain state agency websites. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2054.1264 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2054.1264. POSTING OF COST-EFFICIENCY SUGGESTIONS AND |
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IDEAS ON STATE AGENCY WEBSITE. (a) In this section, "state |
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agency" does not include an institution of higher education, as |
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defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d) and to the extent |
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possible using available resources, each state agency that has |
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1,500 or more employees shall post on the agency's intranet website |
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or generally accessible Internet website an electronic form or link |
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allowing an employee of the agency to submit suggestions and ideas |
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on how to make the agency more cost-efficient. The system for |
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submitting suggestions and ideas must allow an employee to elect to |
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submit a suggestion or idea that includes the employee's name or to |
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submit an anonymous suggestion or idea. If an employee elects to |
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submit anonymously, the suggestion or idea may not be traceable to |
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the employee and the system for anonymous submission may not record |
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data linking the suggestion or idea to the computer used for the |
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submission. |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), each state agency |
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that posts a form or link as provided by Subsection (b) shall post |
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on the agency's generally accessible Internet website a link |
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allowing members of the public to: |
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(1) monitor, in real time or on a weekly, monthly, or |
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quarterly basis, submissions made under Subsection (b); and |
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(2) vote for the public's favorite submission. |
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(d) The department may exclude from the requirements of this |
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section a state agency if the agency has a preexisting program or |
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link that the department determines substantially meets the |
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requirements of this section. |
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(e) The department shall adopt rules establishing |
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procedures and required formats for implementing this section. The |
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rules adopted under this subsection must require that submissions |
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under Subsection (b) and votes under Subsection (c) be moderated to |
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exclude overtly political or offensive material. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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