Bill Text: TX HB1870 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations from state tax revenues.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-04 - Referred to Appropriations [HB1870 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1870-Introduced.html
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By: King of Parker | H.B. No. 1870 |
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relating to the limitation on the rate of growth in appropriations | ||
from state tax revenues. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 316.001, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 316.001. LIMIT. The rate of growth of appropriations | ||
in a biennium from state tax revenues not dedicated by the | ||
constitution may not exceed the lesser of the following rates: | ||
(1) the estimated rate of growth of this [ |
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economy; and | ||
(2) a rate equal to the sum of: | ||
(A) the estimated biennial rate of growth of this | ||
state's population; and | ||
(B) the estimated biennial rate of monetary | ||
inflation in this state. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 316.002, Government Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 316.002. DUTIES OF LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD AND | ||
GOVERNOR. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 316.002(a), (b), (c), and (e), | ||
Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Before the Legislative Budget Board submits the budget | ||
as prescribed by Section 322.008(c), the board and the governor | ||
jointly shall establish: | ||
(1) the estimated rate of growth of this [ |
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economy from the current biennium to the next biennium as | ||
determined under Subsection (b); | ||
(2) a rate equal to the sum of: | ||
(A) the estimated biennial rate of growth of this | ||
state's population as determined under Subsection (c); and | ||
(B) the estimated biennial rate of monetary | ||
inflation in this state as determined under Subsection (c); | ||
(3) the level of appropriations for the current | ||
biennium from state tax revenues not dedicated by the constitution; | ||
and | ||
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dedicated by the constitution that could be appropriated for the | ||
next biennium within the limit established by applying the lesser | ||
of: | ||
(A) the estimated rate of growth of this [ |
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state's economy as determined under Subsection (b); and | ||
(B) a rate equal to the sum of: | ||
(i) the estimated biennial rate of growth | ||
of this state's population as determined under Subsection (c); and | ||
(ii) the estimated biennial rate of | ||
monetary inflation in this state as determined under Subsection | ||
(c). | ||
(b) The [ |
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and governor shall determine the estimated rate of growth of this | ||
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personal income for the next biennium by the estimated Texas total | ||
personal income for the current biennium. Using standard | ||
statistical methods, the board and governor shall make the estimate | ||
by projecting through the biennium the estimated Texas total | ||
personal income reported by the United States Department of | ||
Commerce or its successor in function. | ||
(c) The board and governor shall determine a rate equal to | ||
the sum of the estimated biennial rate of growth of this state's | ||
population and the estimated biennial rate of monetary inflation in | ||
this state as provided by this subsection. The board and governor | ||
shall determine the estimated biennial rate of growth of this | ||
state's population based on the average rate of growth during the | ||
preceding six years according to United States Census Bureau | ||
estimates as certified by the comptroller. The board and governor | ||
shall determine the estimated biennial rate of monetary inflation | ||
in this state based on the average rate of change during the | ||
preceding six years of the effective consumer price index for this | ||
state. For purposes of this subsection, the effective consumer | ||
price index for this state is the average of the consumer price | ||
indexes as determined by the United States Department of Labor for | ||
the Corpus Christi metropolitan area and for the Dallas/Fort Worth | ||
metropolitan area. [ |
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(e) In the absence of an action by the Legislative Budget | ||
Board and governor to adopt a spending limit as provided by this | ||
section, [ |
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state tax revenues not dedicated by the constitution that may | ||
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biennium. | ||
SECTION 4. Sections 316.003, 316.004, and 316.005, | ||
Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 316.003. PUBLICATION. Before the Legislative Budget | ||
Board and governor jointly approve [ |
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information as required by Section 316.002, the board and governor | ||
jointly shall publish in the Texas Register the proposed items of | ||
information and a description of the methodology and sources used | ||
in the calculations. | ||
Sec. 316.004. PUBLIC HEARING. Not later than December 1 of | ||
each even-numbered year, the Legislative Budget Board and governor | ||
jointly shall hold a public hearing to solicit testimony regarding | ||
the proposed items of information and the methodology used in | ||
making the calculations required by Section 316.002. | ||
Sec. 316.005. ADOPTION BY COMMITTEE. (a) After the | ||
Legislative Budget Board and governor jointly approve [ |
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the items of information required by Section 316.002, the board and | ||
governor jointly shall submit the information to a committee | ||
composed of the [ |
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house of representatives, and comptroller of public accounts. | ||
(b) Not later than the 10th day after the date on which the | ||
board and governor jointly submit [ |
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information, the committee shall meet and finally adopt the items | ||
of information, either as submitted by the board and governor or as | ||
amended by the committee. | ||
(c) If the committee fails to act within the 10-day period | ||
prescribed by Subsection (b), the items of information submitted by | ||
the board and governor are treated as if the committee had adopted | ||
them as submitted. | ||
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply only, | ||
as applicable, in relation to appropriations made for the state | ||
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2015, and subsequent state | ||
fiscal bienniums. Appropriations for the state fiscal biennium | ||
that begins September 1, 2013, are governed by Sections 316.001 and | ||
316.002, Government Code, as those sections existed on December 1, | ||
2012, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect on the date on which the | ||
constitutional amendment proposed by the 83rd Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2013, concerning the maximum rate of growth of | ||
appropriations takes effect. If that amendment is not approved by | ||
the voters, this Act has no effect. |