Bill Text: TX SB247 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission to participate in the establishment and operation of an affiliated nonprofit organization and provide grants.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-08 - Effective immediately [SB247 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB247-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 247 | ||
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| relating to the authority of the Texas Holocaust and Genocide | ||
| Commission to participate in the establishment and operation of an | ||
| affiliated nonprofit organization and provide grants. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 449.052, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) The commission may provide matching grants to assist in | ||
| the implementation of the commission's goals and objectives. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 449.053, Government | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The commission may accept gifts and grants from a public | ||
| or private source for the commission to use in performing the | ||
| commission's powers and duties under this chapter. The commission | ||
| may participate in the establishment and operation of an affiliated | ||
| nonprofit organization whose purpose is to raise funds for or | ||
| provide services or other benefits to the commission. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 247 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 247 passed the House on | ||
| May 20, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
