Bill Text: TX SB1831 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to an annual report on state programs not funded by appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [SB1831 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1831-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to an annual report on state programs not funded by appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [SB1831 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1831-Comm_Sub.html
By: Buckingham | S.B. No. 1831 | |
(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 23, 2017, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Finance; April 26, 2017, | ||
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 13, Nays 0; April 26, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1831 | By: Hinojosa |
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relating to an annual report on state programs not funded by | ||
appropriations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 403.0147 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 403.0147. REPORT ON STATE PROGRAMS NOT FUNDED BY | ||
APPROPRIATIONS. (a) In this section, "state agency" means an | ||
agency, department, board, commission, or other entity in the | ||
executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government. | ||
(b) Not later than December 31 of each year, the comptroller | ||
shall submit a report to the legislature that identifies for each | ||
state agency: | ||
(1) each program the state agency is statutorily | ||
required to implement for which no appropriation was made for the | ||
preceding state fiscal year, along with a citation to the law | ||
imposing the requirement; and | ||
(2) the amount and source of money the state agency | ||
spent, if any, to implement any portion of the program described by | ||
Subdivision (1) during the preceding state fiscal year. | ||
(c) A state agency shall provide to the comptroller not | ||
later than September 30 of each year information necessary for the | ||
comptroller to prepare the report required by this section. The | ||
comptroller may prescribe the form and content of the information a | ||
state agency must provide. | ||
SECTION 2. The comptroller of public accounts shall submit | ||
the initial report required by Section 403.0147, Government Code, | ||
as added by this Act, not later than December 31, 2017. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2017. | ||
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