Bill Text: TX HB2914 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the study of efficiency, productivity, and cost-effectiveness in state agency operations.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-17 - Referred to Government Efficiency & Reform [HB2914 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2914-Introduced.html
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| By: Frullo | H.B. No. 2914 | |
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| relating to the study of efficiency, productivity, and | ||
| cost-effectiveness in state agency operations. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Executive head of a state agency" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 572.002, Government Code. | ||
| (2) "State agency" means an agency, department, | ||
| office, or other entity in the executive, legislative, or judicial | ||
| branch of state government. The term includes an institution of | ||
| higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
| (b) Not later than October 1, 2011, the executive head of | ||
| each state agency shall establish a work group consisting of five | ||
| members within the agency to study and make recommendations | ||
| regarding improving the efficiency, productivity, and | ||
| cost-effectiveness of the agency's operations. | ||
| (c) Each work group shall, at a minimum, consider reducing | ||
| expenses and improving efficiency by: | ||
| (1) consolidating any reports or publications the | ||
| agency is required to make and filing or delivering any of those | ||
| reports or publications exclusively by electronic means; | ||
| (2) extending the effective period of any license, | ||
| permit, or registration the agency grants or administers; | ||
| (3) entering into a contract with another governmental | ||
| entity or with a private vendor to carry out any of the agency's | ||
| duties; | ||
| (4) adopting additional eligibility requirements for | ||
| persons who receive benefits under any law the agency administers | ||
| to ensure that those benefits are received by the most deserving | ||
| persons consistent with the purposes for which the benefits are | ||
| provided; | ||
| (5) providing that any communication between the | ||
| agency and another person and any document required to be delivered | ||
| to or by the agency, including any application, notice, billing | ||
| statement, receipt, or certificate, may be made or delivered by | ||
| e-mail or through the Internet; and | ||
| (6) adopting and collecting reasonable fees or charges | ||
| to cover any costs the agency incurs in performing its lawful | ||
| functions. | ||
| (d) Not later than April 1, 2012, each work group shall | ||
| provide its report to the executive head of the state agency that | ||
| commissioned the report. | ||
| (e) The executive head of each state agency shall review the | ||
| findings in the report and may implement all or part of the | ||
| recommendations in the report. | ||
| (f) This section expires September 1, 2013. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
