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By: Carona |
S.B. No. 176 |
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(In the Senate - Filed January 15, 2013; January 29, 2013, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Open Government; |
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March 4, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; March 4, 2013, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 176 |
By: Nelson |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the distribution of certain consultants' reports. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2254, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2254.041 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2254.041. DISTRIBUTION OF CONSULTANT REPORTS. (a) A |
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consulting services contract must include provisions that allow the |
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state agency contracting with the consultant and any other state |
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agency and the legislature, at the contracting state agency's |
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discretion, to distribute the consultant report, if any, and to |
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post the report on the agency's Internet website or the website of a |
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standing committee of the legislature. |
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(b) This section does not affect the application of Chapter |
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552 to a consultant's report. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2254.041, Government Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to a consulting services contract entered |
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into on or after the effective date of this Act. A consulting |
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services contract entered into before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract is |
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entered into, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2013. |
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