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S.B. No. 1002
AN ACT
relating to creating a TexasOnline project concerning grant
assistance provided by state agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subdivision (1), Section 2055.001, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(1) "Board," "department," "electronic government
project," "executive director," "local government," "major
information resources project," "quality assurance team," and
"TexasOnline" have the meanings assigned by Section 2054.003.
SECTION 2. Chapter 2055, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER E. GRANTS ASSISTANCE PROJECT
Sec. 2055.201. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "state
grant assistance" means assistance provided by a state agency that
is available to a resident of this state, another state agency, a
local government, or a nonprofit or faith-based organization,
including a grant, contract, loan, loan guarantee, cooperative
agreement, or direct appropriation, property, or another method of
disbursement.
Sec. 2055.202. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROJECT. The department
shall establish an electronic government project to develop an
Internet website accessible through TexasOnline that:
(1) provides a single location for state agencies to
post electronic summaries of state grant assistance opportunities
with the state agencies;
(2) enables a person to search for state grant
assistance programs provided by state agencies;
(3) allows, when feasible, electronic submission of
state grant assistance applications;
(4) improves the effectiveness and performance of
state grant assistance programs;
(5) streamlines and simplifies state grant assistance
application and reporting processes; and
(6) improves the delivery of services to the public.
Sec. 2055.203. ESTABLISHING AND OPERATING PROJECT;
COORDINATION. (a) In establishing and operating the electronic
government project under this subchapter, the department, in
coordination with the office of the governor, shall direct,
coordinate, and assist state agencies in establishing and using:
(1) a common electronic application and reporting
system, including:
(A) a standard format for announcing state grant
assistance opportunities;
(B) standard data elements for use in creating
state grant assistance opportunity announcement summaries,
including existing electronic grants programs and search
functions; and
(C) a common application form for a person to use
in applying for state grant assistance from multiple state grant
assistance programs that serve similar purposes and are
administered by different state agencies; and
(2) an interagency process for:
(A) improving interagency and intergovernmental
coordination of information collection and sharing of data between
persons responsible for delivering services relating to a state
grant assistance program; and
(B) improving the timeliness, completeness, and
quality of information received by a state agency from a recipient
of state grant assistance.
(b) A state agency shall provide the department and the
office of the governor financial and functional information about
any existing or potential systems that in any way provide the
functions described in Section 2055.202.
Sec. 2055.204. USE OF ELECTRONIC GRANT SYSTEM. (a) A
state agency may not expend appropriated money to implement or
design a new system that provides the functions described in
Section 2055.202 without obtaining prior approval from the
executive director.
(b) The executive director shall determine whether to
approve a state agency's continued operation of an existing system
or to integrate the system into the project created under this
subchapter. The executive director may provide conditional
approval of ongoing expenditures while developing appropriate
project plans and funding models for the project.
(c) A state agency shall incorporate common grant
application forms developed under Section 2055.203 into the
agency's grant application and review processes.
(d) If the department determines that money should be
consolidated in the development of this project, the department
shall provide a funding model to the Legislative Budget Board and
the governor as required by Section 2055.057. A state agency with
an existing system approved or conditionally approved under
Subsection (b) is exempt from this subsection.
Sec. 2055.205. EXEMPT AGENCIES. (a) The executive
director may exempt a state agency or state grant assistance
program from the requirements of this subchapter if the executive
director determines that the state agency does not have a
sufficient number of state grant assistance programs.
(b) The governor, with the assistance of the department,
shall make a list of exempted agencies and information about
programs exempted from this subchapter available to the public
through the office of the governor's Internet website.
SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 2055.204, Government
Code, as added by this Act, does not apply to a state agency that
operates an existing system until the project created under
Subchapter E, Chapter 2055, Government Code, as added by this Act,
is operational.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1002 passed the Senate on
April 21, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1002 passed the House on
May 25, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
______________________________
Date
______________________________
Governor