Bill Text: TX HB98 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to zero-based budgeting for certain entities funded by this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 18-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-23 - Left pending in subcommittee [HB98 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB98-Introduced.html
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By: Perry | H.B. No. 98 |
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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; SCHEDULED ZERO-BASED | ||
BUDGET PLANNING. (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) The board shall adopt a schedule for the submission of | ||
zero-based budget plans by institutions, departments, and agencies | ||
of this state so that: | ||
(1) one-third of the entities, or as near as possible | ||
to one-third of the entities, is scheduled to submit a zero-based | ||
budget plan before each regular legislative session; and | ||
(2) each entity is scheduled to submit a zero-based | ||
budget plan before every third regular legislative session. | ||
(c) Each institution, department, and agency of this state | ||
that receives an appropriation shall submit to the board a | ||
zero-based budget plan in accordance with the schedule adopted | ||
under Subsection (b). A zero-based budget plan must contain: | ||
(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. | ||
(d) 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. | ||
(e) 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, | ||
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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 the | ||
effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |