Bill Text: TX HB1509 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an annual report on financial support provided by public institutions of higher education to nonprofit media organizations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-24 - Left pending in committee [HB1509 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1509-Introduced.html
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| By: Patterson | H.B. No. 1509 | |
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| relating to an annual report on financial support provided by | ||
| public institutions of higher education to nonprofit media | ||
| organizations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.980 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.980. ANNUAL REPORT ON FINANCIAL SUPPORT PROVIDED TO | ||
| NONPROFIT MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board. | ||
| (2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| (3) "Nonprofit media organization" means a media | ||
| organization that is exempt from federal income tax under Section | ||
| 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, by being listed as an exempt | ||
| organization in Section 501(c)(3) of that code. | ||
| (b) Not later than September 1 of each year, an institution | ||
| of higher education shall submit to the coordinating board a report | ||
| on financial support, including through the purchase of a | ||
| membership, sponsorship, or advertising services, that the | ||
| institution provided to a nonprofit media organization during the | ||
| preceding state fiscal year. | ||
| (c) A report submitted under Subsection (b) must include a | ||
| list of all nonprofit media organizations that received financial | ||
| support from the institution of higher education and the amount of | ||
| financial support provided to each organization. | ||
| (d) Not later than January 1 of each year, the coordinating | ||
| board shall submit to the legislature a report on financial support | ||
| provided to nonprofit media organizations by institutions of higher | ||
| education during the preceding state fiscal year. The report must | ||
| include a copy of each report submitted to the coordinating board | ||
| under Subsection (b) for the preceding state fiscal year. | ||
| (e) The coordinating board may adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) Not later than September 1, 2023, each | ||
| public institution of higher education shall submit its initial | ||
| report required under Section 51.980(b), Education Code, as added | ||
| by this Act. | ||
| (b) Not later than January 1, 2024, the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board shall submit its initial report | ||
| required under Section 51.980(d), Education Code, as added by this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2023. | ||
