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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an online searchable central grant database. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 403.024, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) The comptroller, in consultation with the interagency |
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coordinating group established under Section 535.053, the Texas |
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Nonprofit Council established under Section 535.055, the Texas |
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State Library and Archives Commission, and the Department of |
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Information Resources, shall adopt rules to: |
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(1) establish a searchable grant database separate |
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from the searchable contract database that includes online |
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information and document storage as described by Section |
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441.010(b-1); and |
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(2) ensure consistent application by state agencies of |
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federal regulations applicable to federal grant money distributed |
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by state agencies to grant applicants. |
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SECTION 2. Section 441.010, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) The commission, in consultation with the comptroller, |
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the department, the interagency coordinating group established |
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under Section 535.053, the Texas Nonprofit Council established |
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under Section 535.055, and the advisory committee appointed under |
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Subsection (e), shall design the database established under |
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Subsection (b) to include online information and document storage |
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that allows nonprofit organizations to: |
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(1) access the database with a unique login; |
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(2) privately store in the database, through the |
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unique login, information that will be repeatedly used on grant |
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application forms; |
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(3) populate the information required on grant |
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application forms with the stored information; and |
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(4) privately store in the database, through the |
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unique login, grant applications previously submitted through the |
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database. |
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(b-2) The commission may assist the comptroller in |
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establishing a single searchable grant database that meets the |
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requirements of this section and Section 403.024 and that may be |
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used by both agencies. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |