Bill Text: TX HB187 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to zero-based budgeting for certain entities funded by this state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-11 - Referred to Appropriations [HB187 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB187-Introduced.html
  82R1144 JJT-D
 
  By: Perry H.B. No. 187
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to zero-based budgeting for certain entities funded by
  this state.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 322.007, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 322.007.  ESTIMATES AND REPORTS. (a)  Each
  institution, department, agency, officer, employee, or agent of the
  state shall submit to the board any estimate or report relating to
  appropriations requested by the board or under the board's
  direction.
         (b)  Each institution, department, and agency of this state
  that receives an appropriation shall submit to the board a
  zero-based budget plan that contains:
               (1)  a description of the discrete activities the
  entity is charged with conducting or performing together with a
  justification for each activity by reference to a statute or other
  legal authority;
               (2)  for each activity identified under Subdivision
  (1), a quantitative estimate of any adverse effects that reasonably
  may be expected to result if the activity were discontinued,
  together with a description of the methods by which the adverse
  effects were estimated;
               (3)  for each activity identified under Subdivision
  (1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the
  activity at the minimum level of service required by the statute or
  other legal authority, together with a concise statement of the
  quantity and quality of service required at that minimum level;
               (4)  for each activity identified under Subdivision
  (1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the
  activity at the current level of service, together with a concise
  statement of the quantity and quality of service provided at that
  level; and
               (5)  a ranking of activities identified under
  Subdivision (1) that illustrates the relative importance of each
  activity to the overall goals and purposes of the institution,
  department, or agency at current service levels.
         (c)  Each zero-based budget plan and each estimate or report
  shall be submitted at a time set by the board and in the manner and
  form prescribed by board rules.
         (d)  Each zero-based budget plan and each [(c) An] estimate
  or report required under this section is in addition to a budget
  plan or an estimate or report required by other law, including those
  estimates or reports relating to appropriations required by Chapter
  401.
         SECTION 2.  Section 322.008(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Based on information provided under Section 322.007,
  the [The] director, under the direction of the board, shall prepare
  the general appropriations bill for introduction at each regular
  legislative session.
         SECTION 3.  Section 401.0445(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The governor shall compile the biennial appropriation
  budget using information:
               (1)  submitted to the governor in the uniform budget
  estimate forms; [and]
               (2)  obtained at public hearings, from inspections, and
  from other sources; and
               (3)  submitted to the Legislative Budget Board under
  Section 322.007.
         SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only in
  regard to information for developing a biennial appropriation
  budget for a state fiscal biennium beginning on or after September
  1, 2013.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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