Bill Text: TX HB135 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to reporting by political subdivisions regarding the receipt or expenditure of federal funds.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-14 - Referred to Appropriations [HB135 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB135-Introduced.html
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| By: Krause | H.B. No. 135 | |
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| relating to reporting by political subdivisions regarding the | ||
| receipt or expenditure of federal funds. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 140.012 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 140.012. RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS. A | ||
| political subdivision that receives or expends a federal grant or | ||
| other federal funds that have not been appropriated by the | ||
| legislature shall report to the Legislative Budget Board, the | ||
| comptroller, and the governor not later than the 90th day of the | ||
| political subdivision's fiscal year: | ||
| (1) the total amount of federal funds received or | ||
| expended in the previous fiscal year; and | ||
| (2) the use or proposed use of those federal funds. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
