Bill Text: TX HB2981 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Referred to Appropriations [HB2981 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2981-Introduced.html
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By: Schofield | H.B. No. 2981 |
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relating to the constitutional limit on the rate of growth of | ||
appropriations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 316.001, 316.002, and 316.006, | ||
Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 316.001. LIMIT. (a) In a state fiscal biennium, the | ||
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the comptroller under Section 49a(b), Article III, Texas | ||
Constitution, [ |
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rate of the increase or decrease in this state's population during | ||
the preceding state fiscal biennium and the rate of inflation or | ||
deflation in this state during that preceding biennium [ |
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(b) For purposes of this subchapter, an appropriation to pay | ||
for a rebate of state taxes must be excluded from computations used | ||
to determine whether appropriations exceed the amount authorized by | ||
Subsection (a). | ||
(c) The Legislative Budget Board shall determine the rates | ||
described by Subsection (a) using the most recent information | ||
available from sources the board considers reliable, including the | ||
Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. | ||
Sec. 316.002. DUTIES OF LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD. (a) | ||
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for the next state fiscal biennium as prescribed by Section | ||
322.008(c), the board shall establish: | ||
(1) the maximum allowable rate of growth of | ||
appropriations between the current state fiscal biennium and the | ||
next state fiscal biennium, in accordance with Section 22, Article | ||
VIII, Texas Constitution, expressed as a percentage, by adding the | ||
following rates determined by the board in the manner provided by | ||
Section 316.001(c): | ||
(A) the rate of change of this state's population | ||
during the current state fiscal biennium, expressed as a | ||
percentage; and | ||
(B) the rate of inflation or deflation in this | ||
state during the current state fiscal biennium, expressed as a | ||
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current state fiscal biennium subject to certification by the | ||
comptroller under Section 49a(b), Article III, Texas Constitution | ||
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(3) the amount of appropriations subject to | ||
certification by the comptroller under Section 49a(b), Article III, | ||
Texas Constitution, available [ |
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fiscal biennium within the limit established in accordance with the | ||
maximum allowable rate of growth determined under Subdivision (1) | ||
and the amount of appropriations for the current state fiscal | ||
biennium determined under Subdivision (2) [ |
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(b) If the sum of the rate of increase or decrease in this | ||
state's population and the rate of inflation or deflation is a | ||
negative number, the amount of appropriations for the next state | ||
fiscal biennium subject to certification by the comptroller under | ||
Section 49a(b), Article III, Texas Constitution, may not exceed the | ||
amount of appropriations from those sources in the current state | ||
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Board may not transmit in any form to the governor or the | ||
legislature the budget as prescribed by Section 322.008(c) or the | ||
general appropriations bill as prescribed by Section 322.008(d) | ||
until the limit on the rate of growth of appropriations has been | ||
adopted as required by this subchapter. | ||
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Budget Board to adopt a spending limit as provided by this section | ||
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population growth and the rate of inflation or deflation [ |
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shall be treated as if that sum [ |
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appropriations subject to certification by the comptroller under | ||
Section 49a(b), Article III, Texas Constitution, available for the | ||
next state fiscal biennium [ |
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established by this section is [ |
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appropriations for the current state fiscal biennium. | ||
Sec. 316.006. LIMIT ON BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS. Unless | ||
authorized by majority vote of the members of the board from each | ||
house, the Legislative Budget Board budget recommendations | ||
relating to the proposed appropriations subject to certification by | ||
the comptroller under Section 49a(b), Article III, Texas | ||
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under Section 316.005. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 316.007(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The Legislative Budget Board shall include in its budget | ||
recommendations the proposed limit of appropriations subject to | ||
certification by the comptroller under Section 49a(b), Article III, | ||
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SECTION 3. Section 316.008(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Unless the legislature adopts a resolution under | ||
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Constitution, raising the proposed limit on appropriations, the | ||
proposed limit is binding on the legislature with respect to all | ||
appropriations for the next state fiscal biennium subject to | ||
certification by the comptroller under Section 49a(b), Article III, | ||
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only, | ||
as applicable, in relation to appropriations made for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2017, and subsequent state | ||
fiscal bienniums. Appropriations for the state fiscal biennium | ||
that begins September 1, 2015, are governed by Sections 316.001, | ||
316.002, 316.006, 316.007, and 316.008, Government Code, as those | ||
sections existed on December 1, 2014, and the former law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect on the date on which the | ||
constitutional amendment proposed by the 84th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2015, concerning the limitation on the rate of growth in | ||
appropriations takes effect. If that amendment is not approved by | ||
the voters, this Act has no effect. |