Bill Text: TX SB1369 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to providing information to the legislature regarding state and local fiscal impact of legislative measures.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-04 - Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair [SB1369 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB1369-Introduced.html
  83R6420 JSA-D
 
  By: Davis S.B. No. 1369
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to providing information to the legislature regarding
  state and local fiscal impact of legislative measures.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 314, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Sections 314.006 and 314.007 to read as follows:
         Sec. 314.006.  EFFECT OF MEASURE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. (a) A
  fiscal note must indicate whether a bill or resolution will have a
  substantial effect on units of local government. If the measure
  will have a substantial effect, the fiscal note must include:
               (1)  an estimate of the direct effects on the financial
  resources of affected classes of local governments; and
               (2)  estimates of the range of potential indirect
  long-term economic effects on local governments, including an
  assessment of whether the measure could result in indirect local
  mandates, costs, or savings or create conditions that would
  establish a basis for additional local expenditures.
         (b)  For purposes of this section, the board shall solicit
  and consider information provided by representative local
  governments, organizations representing local governments, and
  other interested persons regarding the effects of the measure and
  shall endeavor to include a broad range of potential economic
  effects, both positive and negative, for which the board can
  identify a reasonable basis.
         Sec. 314.007.  INDIRECT EFFECTS OF MEASURE. (a) In addition
  to any direct fiscal implications that a bill or resolution will
  have on state finances, a fiscal note must estimate any indirect
  economic effects that the measure may have on this state, including
  whether any direct savings to the state may be offset by
  expenditures or loss of revenue that the state could incur due to
  the effects of the measure, such as deferred maintenance costs,
  loss or gain of federal funding, changes in demand for additional
  services, or effects on employment, investment, or the environment.
         (b)  In estimating the indirect effects of a measure, the
  board shall provide a range of potential effects.
         (c)  For purposes of this section, the board shall solicit
  and consider information provided by any interested person
  regarding the indirect effects of a measure and shall endeavor to
  include a broad range of potential economic effects, both positive
  and negative, for which the board can identify a reasonable basis.
         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, 2013.
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