Bill Text: TX HB1839 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the submission of a report by certain entities identifying spending reduction measures.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-09 - Referred to Appropriations [HB1839 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1839-Introduced.html
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| By: Burrows | H.B. No. 1839 | |
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| relating to the submission of a report by certain entities | ||
| identifying spending reduction measures. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 322.025 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 322.025. REPORT ON SPENDING REDUCTION MEASURES. (a) | ||
| Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, each entity | ||
| that is required to submit a legislative appropriations request | ||
| shall submit to the board a detailed report identifying measures by | ||
| which the entity may reduce its expenditures from general revenue | ||
| and general revenue-dedicated accounts by 1 percent, 5 percent, and | ||
| 10 percent in the next state fiscal biennium. | ||
| (b) An entity described by Subsection (a) shall rank each of | ||
| the 1 percent, 5 percent, and 10 percent spending reduction | ||
| measures from highest to lowest priority. The entity shall assign | ||
| higher priority to measures that: | ||
| (1) have fewer consequences for the entity's programs | ||
| and goals; | ||
| (2) have less impact on populations served by the | ||
| entity; or | ||
| (3) eliminate redundancies and inefficiencies. | ||
| (c) An entity described by Subsection (a) may not include in | ||
| the report a spending reduction measure that would violate the | ||
| state or federal constitution. | ||
| (d) The board may exempt certain expenditures from | ||
| consideration under this section. | ||
| (e) The board may issue guidance regarding: | ||
| (1) standards for reports required by this section, | ||
| including format, content, and methods of submission; and | ||
| (2) prioritizing spending reduction measures under | ||
| Subsection (b). | ||
| (f) The board may require an entity to submit the report | ||
| under this section with the entity's legislative appropriations | ||
| request. | ||
| (g) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, | ||
| the board shall make reports received under this section available | ||
| to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives, and members of the legislature. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
