Bill Text: TX HB568 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a select committee to evaluate the effects of reduction in or elimination of federal funding on the state budget due to federal fiscal policy. [Track Bill]
Status: 2013-02-13 - Referred to Appropriations [HB568 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB568-Introduced.html
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| By: White | H.B. No. 568 | |
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| relating to the creation of a select committee to evaluate the | ||
| effects of reduction in or elimination of federal funding on the | ||
| state budget due to federal fiscal policy. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 10, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 2116 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 2116. SELECT COMMITTEE ON BUDGET DEPENDENCE ON FEDERAL | ||
| FUNDING | ||
| Sec. 2116.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "committee" | ||
| means the Select Committee on Budget Dependence on Federal Funding. | ||
| Sec. 2116.002. COMPOSITION. (a) The committee is composed | ||
| of: | ||
| (1) four members of the senate, including members from | ||
| different political parties, appointed by the lieutenant governor | ||
| based on seniority; | ||
| (2) four members of the house of representatives, | ||
| including members from different political parties, appointed by | ||
| the speaker of the house of representatives based on seniority; | ||
| (3) a representative of a nonprofit or charitable | ||
| organization appointed by the governor; | ||
| (4) a representative of an advocacy organization | ||
| focused on state and federal fiscal matters appointed by the | ||
| governor; | ||
| (5) a representative of the Legislative Budget Board | ||
| appointed by the Legislative Budget Board; and | ||
| (6) a representative of the comptroller's office, | ||
| appointed by the comptroller. | ||
| (b) The committee shall elect a presiding officer from among | ||
| its members. | ||
| Sec. 2116.003. COMPENSATION. A committee member serves | ||
| without compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for actual | ||
| and necessary expenses incurred in performing functions as a | ||
| committee member, subject to any applicable limitation on | ||
| reimbursement provided by general law or the General Appropriations | ||
| Act. | ||
| Sec. 2116.004. COMMITTEE DUTIES. The committee shall: | ||
| (1) meet at the call of the presiding officer; | ||
| (2) conduct a study on: | ||
| (A) the percentage of the state budget that is | ||
| funded by federal money; and | ||
| (B) the effects on the state budget if federal | ||
| fiscal policy necessitates a significant reduction in or | ||
| elimination of federal funding for state governments; and | ||
| (3) create a plan to address the loss of federal money, | ||
| including federal Medicaid matching money and federal social | ||
| security payments, and maintain benefit programs and other | ||
| essential state services if federal fiscal policy necessitates a | ||
| significant reduction in or elimination of federal funding for | ||
| state governments. | ||
| Sec. 2116.005. REPORT. Not later than September 1, 2014, | ||
| the committee shall submit a report based on its findings to: | ||
| (1) the governor; | ||
| (2) the lieutenant governor; and | ||
| (3) the speaker of the house of representatives. | ||
| Sec. 2116.006. EXPIRATION. This chapter expires and the | ||
| committee is abolished December 1, 2014. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) Not later than October 1, 2013, the | ||
| lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | ||
| the governor, the comptroller of public accounts, and the | ||
| Legislative Budget Board shall make the appointments and | ||
| designations required by Section 2116.002(a), Government Code, as | ||
| added by this Act. | ||
| (b) Not later than November 1, 2013, the governor shall call | ||
| the first meeting of the Select Committee on Budget Dependence on | ||
| Federal Funding to permit the committee to elect a presiding | ||
| officer as required by Section 2116.002(b), Government Code, as | ||
| added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
