|  | AN ACT | 
|  | relating to the authority of the Department of Information | 
|  | Resources to accept gifts and grants. | 
|  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
|  | SECTION 1.  Section 2054.052, Government Code, is amended by | 
|  | adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | 
|  | (g)  The department may accept or refuse a gift or grant of | 
|  | money, services, or property on behalf of the state for any public | 
|  | purpose related to the duties of the department. | 
|  | 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, 2007. | 
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|  | ____________________________________________________________ | 
|  | President of the SenateSpeaker of the House | 
|  | I certify that H.B. No. 674 was passed by the House on March | 
|  | 22, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not | 
|  | voting. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | 
|  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
|  | I certify that H.B. No. 674 was passed by the Senate on April | 
|  | 12, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | 
|  | Secretary of the Senate | 
|  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
|  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
|  | Date | 
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|  | _____________________ | 
|  | Governor |