Bill Text: TX HB799 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to a study conducted by the Legislative Budget Board on the impact to state agencies of federal regulations and mandates enacted by federal law.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-18 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB799 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB799-Engrossed.html

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By: Capriglione, King of Parker, Parker, H.B. No. 799
Simmons, Goldman, et al.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
re
lating to a study conducted by the Legislative Budget Board on the
impact to state agencies of federal regulations and mandates
enacted by federal law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 322.0176 to read as follows:
Sec. 322.0176. STUDY OF EFFECT ON STATE AGENCIES OF FEDERAL
REGULATIONS AND FEDERAL LAW MANDATES. (a) The board shall conduct a
single study for each state agency relating to the effects federal
regulations and mandates enacted by federal law have on that
agency.
(b) For each agency, the study must include:
(1) a cost-benefit analysis on the impact of agency
compliance with federal regulations, including a comparison of the
direct and indirect costs of regulatory compliance with the amount
of federal funds received by the agency for the purpose of
regulatory compliance;
(2) a list of all mandates enacted by federal law,
including a federal regulation, for which the federal government
has not provided reimbursement sufficient to cover the costs
incurred by the agency of implementing or otherwise complying with
the mandate;
(3) recommendations for reducing the federal
regulatory burden on the agency and citizens of this state,
including proposals for state or federal legislation or litigation
against specific federal agencies;
(4) an analysis of any fiscal impact to the agency as a
result of a suit filed by the state against the federal government,
including any costs associated with the participation or assistance
of the employees of the agency on matters related to the suit;
(5) the cost and impact, if any, to each agency of the
presence of asylum-seeking children in this state; and
(6) the impact of federal funds provided to the state,
including the consequences to state agencies if federal funds were
withheld or not accepted.
(c) The board shall establish a schedule for the review of
state agencies required by this section that:
(1) provides for the review of a portion of the state
agencies during the interim between regular sessions of the
legislature; and
(2) ensures that each agency is reviewed before the
expiration date of this section.
(d) Before the beginning of each regular session of the
legislature, the board shall deliver to the legislature a report of
the board's findings and recommendations relating those state
agencies reviewed by the board during that legislative interim.
(e) This section expires September 1, 2027.
(f) In this section, "asylum-seeking children" means minors
fleeing Central America who are seeking asylum in the United States
and who have been released into a community in this state by:
(1) the Office of Refugee Resettlement;
(2) the United States Customs and Border Protection,
pending an immigration hearing; or
(3) the United States Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, pending an immigration hearing.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.