Bill Text: TX SB815 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a biennial report on state programs not funded by certain appropriations.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Finance [SB815 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB815-Introduced.html

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87R3158 MWC-F
By: Buckingham S.B. No. 815

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a biennial report on state programs not funded by
certain appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 403.0147(b) and (c), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(b) Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered 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 of state money was
made for the preceding state fiscal biennium [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 biennium [year].
(c) A state agency shall provide to the comptroller not
later than September 30 of each even-numbered 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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.