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
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By: Perry | H.B. No. 187 |
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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 [ |
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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 [ |
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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; [ |
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(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. |