Bill Text: TX HB3783 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to audits of state border security programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3783 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3783-Introduced.html
88R13351 LRM-F | ||
By: Guillen | H.B. No. 3783 |
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relating to audits of state border security programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 421, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter G to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER G. AUDIT OF BORDER SECURITY PROGRAMS | ||
Sec. 421.101. REQUIRED AUDIT. In 2024 and every sixth year | ||
after that year, the state auditor shall conduct an economy and | ||
efficiency audit, as defined by Section 321.0133, of each state | ||
agency program intended primarily to provide security services, | ||
including law enforcement services, in the area of the state along | ||
the Texas-Mexico border. | ||
Sec. 421.102. SELECTION AND SUPERVISION OF AUDITOR. (a) | ||
Not later than March 1 of the year an audit is conducted under this | ||
subchapter, the state auditor shall select an external auditor to | ||
conduct the audit. | ||
(b) The external auditor shall be independent and not | ||
subject to direction from any state agency subject to evaluation by | ||
the auditor for purposes of this subchapter. | ||
(c) The state auditor shall oversee the external auditor and | ||
ensure that the audit is conducted in accordance with the | ||
requirements of this subchapter. | ||
(d) The cost of the audit shall be paid for using existing | ||
resources allocated for the purpose of auditing the agencies | ||
identified in Section 421.103(b). | ||
Sec. 421.103. SCOPE OF AUDIT. (a) The audit shall: | ||
(1) examine all state resources, such as financial | ||
resources, personnel, and technology, used in ensuring the security | ||
of the Texas-Mexico border; | ||
(2) assess the efficiency and effectiveness of state | ||
border security programs; | ||
(3) identify any duplication, overlap, and conflict | ||
between border security programs; | ||
(4) examine communication and coordination among | ||
state agencies responsible for border security programs; and | ||
(5) assess the efficiency and effectiveness of state | ||
and federal coordination and cooperation on border security | ||
operations. | ||
(b) The following agencies are included in the audit: | ||
(1) Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas; | ||
(2) Texas Military Department; | ||
(3) Texas Division of Emergency Management; | ||
(4) Parks and Wildlife Department; | ||
(5) Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and | ||
(6) Office of Court Administration of the Texas | ||
Judicial System. | ||
(c) The state auditor may select other relevant state | ||
agencies or programs in addition to those listed in Subsection (b) | ||
for inclusion in the audit. | ||
Sec. 421.104. DELIVERY OF AUDIT RESULTS. (a) The external | ||
auditor must complete the audit not later than the 90th day after | ||
the date the auditor is selected and present the auditor's results | ||
and recommendations to the state auditor and the chief | ||
administrative officers of the agencies subject to the audit. | ||
(b) Not later than November 1 of the year an audit is | ||
conducted, the state auditor shall prepare and submit a report of | ||
the audit and recommendations for improvement to the governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | ||
and the Legislative Budget Board. The state auditor shall publish | ||
the report, recommendations, and audit on the state auditor's | ||
publicly accessible Internet website. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |