Bill Text: TX HB798 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to education fiscal impact statements for bills and resolutions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-21 - Referred to Appropriations [HB798 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB798-Introduced.html
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| By: Capriglione | H.B. No. 798 | |
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| relating to education fiscal impact statements for bills and | ||
| resolutions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 314.004, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 314.004. [ |
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| IMPACT STATEMENT. (a) The board shall prepare for each bill or | ||
| resolution that affects public education an [ |
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| fiscal [ |
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| (b) The impact statement must evaluate the effect of the | ||
| bill or resolution on: | ||
| (1) all state equalized funding requirements and | ||
| policies; and | ||
| (2) each affected school district, including: | ||
| (A) the extent to which the bill or resolution | ||
| affects school district revenues or expenditures or requires the | ||
| diversion of school district funds; | ||
| (B) costs of the bill or resolution that school | ||
| districts may absorb without an increase in revenue; | ||
| (C) anticipated long term effects of the bill or | ||
| resolution on school district finances; and | ||
| (D) for each effect identified under Paragraphs | ||
| (A)-(C): | ||
| (i) the dollar amount of the effect; and | ||
| (ii) the statutory provision creating the | ||
| effect. | ||
| (c) The impact statement must be attached to the bill or | ||
| resolution immediately following: | ||
| (1) the fiscal note attached under Section 314.003; or | ||
| (2) if a dynamic fiscal impact statement is prepared | ||
| under Section 314.005, the dynamic fiscal impact statement. | ||
| (d) The board shall include in the impact statement | ||
| assumptions used in identifying or estimating the amount of each | ||
| effect. | ||
| (e) The board shall estimate the full amount of each effect | ||
| in the impact statement, without regard to: | ||
| (1) the amount of state money appropriated to | ||
| implement the bill or resolution; or | ||
| (2) a provision of the bill or resolution limiting | ||
| expenditures to amounts appropriated to implement the bill or | ||
| resolution. | ||
| (f) The board shall request a fiscal analysis of the bill or | ||
| resolution from each affected school district or from a | ||
| representative sample of affected school districts that provides | ||
| sufficient information for the board to evaluate the effect of the | ||
| bill or resolution on all affected school districts. The board | ||
| shall provide an explanation in the impact statement if information | ||
| in the impact statement differs from information in a school | ||
| district's fiscal analysis. The board shall list in the impact | ||
| statement the school districts from which the board requested a | ||
| fiscal analysis and the school districts that provided a fiscal | ||
| analysis. | ||
| (g) The board shall explain in the impact statement if the | ||
| board is unable to evaluate an effect described by Subsection (b). | ||
| (h) For each printing of the bill or resolution, the board | ||
| shall prepare and attach an updated impact statement if: | ||
| (1) the bill or resolution was amended after the | ||
| previous printing; or | ||
| (2) the board received an updated fiscal analysis from | ||
| an affected school district after the previous printing. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
