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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the searchable state expenditure database maintained by |
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the comptroller. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 403.024(c), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) To the extent possible, the comptroller shall present |
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information in the database established under this section in a |
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manner that is searchable and intuitive to users. The comptroller |
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shall enhance and organize the presentation of the information |
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through the use of graphical representations, such as pie charts, |
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as the comptroller considers appropriate. At a minimum, the |
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database must allow users to: |
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(1) search and aggregate state funding by any element |
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of the information; |
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(2) ascertain through a single search the total amount |
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of state funding awarded to a person by a state agency; [and] |
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(3) download information yielded by a search of the |
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database; and |
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(4) for a state expenditure in the form of a grant, |
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ascertain the specific purposes for which the grant money was used. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |