H.B. No. 2615

	AN ACT
	relating to the provision of information on financial literacy
	resources to the public.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 14, Finance Code, is
	amended by adding Section 14.1025 to read as follows:
	Sec. 14.1025.  FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM INFORMATION. (a)
	In this section:
	(1)  "Financial literacy" means proficiency at
	managing personal finances.
	(2)  "Health and human services agencies" has the
	meaning assigned by Section 531.001, Government Code.
	(b)  The commissioner shall collect information on programs,
	including classes, and other resources available to the public that
	focus on teaching financial literacy, compile the information into
	a one-page document, and post the document on the office's Internet
	website.
	(c)  A health and human services agency shall ensure that the
	document under Subsection (b) is offered to persons who receive
	services from the agency at locations at which those persons
	frequently access services provided by the agency.
	(d)  The commissioner shall periodically update the
	information contained in the document described by Subsection (b).
	SECTION 2.  The Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner shall
	produce and publish on the office's Internet website the document
	required by Section 14.1025, Finance Code, as added by this Act, not
	later than December 1, 2011.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2615 was passed by the House on April
	26, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 3 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2615 was passed by the Senate on May
	17, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor