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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the acceptance or expenditure of federal funds by a |
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political subdivision. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 140.012 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 140.012. ACCEPTANCE AND EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS. |
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(a) Before a political subdivision may accept or expend a federal |
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grant or other federal funds that have not been appropriated by the |
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legislature, the political subdivision shall report to the |
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comptroller: |
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(1) the total amount of federal funds to be received or |
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expended; and |
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(2) the proposed use of the federal funds. |
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(b) The comptroller: |
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(1) may develop and maintain an online reporting |
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system for the submission of information required to be reported |
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under Subsection (a); and |
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(2) shall make available to the public, on the |
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comptroller's Internet website, a searchable database of |
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information reported under Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |