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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES |
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Subtitle B. STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES |
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Chapter 659. COMPENSATION |
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Subchapter I. CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS |
Sec. 659.140. STATE EMPLOYEE CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN POLICY COMMITTEE
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(a) The state employee charitable campaign policy committee shall consist of 13 members.
(b) The governor with the advice and consent of the senate shall appoint four members who are state employees at the time of their appointment and three members who are retired state employees receiving benefits under Chapter 814. The lieutenant governor and the comptroller may appoint not more than three members each. An appointment to the committee shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointee. The state policy committee shall elect a chairman biennially from its own membership.
Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 280, Sec. 1, and Ch. 1249, Sec. 2.
(c) The state policy committee must:
(1) be composed of employees and retired state employees receiving benefits under Chapter 814; and
(2) represent employees at different levels of employee classification.
Text of subsection as amended by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1015, Sec. 2.
(c) A member of the state policy committee may not receive compensation for serving on the committee and is not entitled to reimbursement from state funds for expenses incurred in performing functions as a member of the committee. The membership must represent employees at different levels of employee classification.
(d) A person may not be a member of the committee if the person or the person's spouse is employed by or participates in the management or sits on the board of any entity or organization including any federation or fund that receives money through the state employee charitable campaign.
(e) The state policy committee shall:
(1) establish local campaign areas based on recommendations by the state advisory committee;
(2) select as the state campaign manager:
(A) a federated community campaign organization; or
(B) a charitable organization determined by the state policy committee to have demonstrated the capacity to conduct a state campaign;
(3) determine the eligibility of a federation or fund and its affiliated agencies for statewide participation in the state employee charitable campaign;
(4) approve the recommended campaign plan, budget, and generic materials to be used by campaign managers;
(5) oversee the state employee charitable campaign to ensure that all campaign activities are conducted fairly and equitably to promote unified solicitation on behalf of all participants; and
(6) perform other duties prescribed by the comptroller's rules.
(f) The state employee charitable campaign policy committee is subject to the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code.
(g) The state employee charitable campaign policy committee is subject to the public information law, Chapter 552, Government Code.
(h) Any contract entered into under Chapter 659, Subchapter I must require the contracting vendor, institution, individual, corporation, or other business or charitable entity to provide all information maintained by the entity related to the expenditure of public funds to the state employee charitable campaign policy committee upon request.
(i) The state employee charitable campaign policy committee is subject to the Texas Sunset Act. Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the committee is abolished and Government Code Chapter 659, Subchapter I, and Sections 814.0095 and 814.0096 expire on September 1, 2013.