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AN ACT
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relating to itemizing certain public notice expenditures in certain |
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political subdivision budgets. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 140, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 140.0045 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 140.0045. ITEMIZATION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC NOTICE |
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EXPENDITURES REQUIRED IN CERTAIN POLITICAL SUBDIVISION BUDGETS. |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the proposed budget of a |
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political subdivision must include a line item indicating |
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expenditures for notices required by law to be published in a |
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newspaper by the political subdivision or a representative of the |
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political subdivision that allows as clear a comparison as |
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practicable between those expenditures in the proposed budget and |
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actual expenditures for the same purpose in the preceding year. |
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(b) This section does not apply to a junior college |
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district. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 140.0045, Local |
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Government Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a proposed |
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budget for a fiscal year beginning on or after January 1, 2018. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 622 passed the Senate on |
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March 29, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate adopted H.C.R. 143, requesting that the governor return |
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S.B. 622 to the House for clerical actions on May 16, 2017; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2017, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 622 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 9, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, |
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two present not voting; and that the House adopted H.C.R. 143, |
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requesting that the governor return S.B. 622 to the House for |
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clerical actions on May 16, 2017. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |