Bill Text: TX HB2082 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to recovery audits of payments made by state agencies to vendors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-01 - Left pending in committee [HB2082 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2082-Introduced.html
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By: Stucky | H.B. No. 2082 |
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relating to recovery audits of payments made by state agencies to | ||
vendors. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 2115.002(a) and (b), Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The comptroller may [ |
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consultants to conduct recovery audits of payments made by state | ||
agencies to vendors. The audits must be designed to detect and | ||
recover overpayments to the vendors and to recommend improved state | ||
agency accounting operations. | ||
(b) A contract under this section: | ||
(1) may provide for reasonable compensation for | ||
services provided under the contract, including compensation | ||
determined by the application of a specified percentage of the | ||
total amount recovered because of the consultant's audit activities | ||
or recommendations as a fee for services; | ||
(2) may permit or require the consultant to pursue a | ||
judicial action in a court inside or outside this state to recover | ||
an overpaid amount; and | ||
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of a payment during the 180-day period after the date the payment | ||
was made in order to allow time for the performance of existing | ||
state payment auditing procedures. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 2115.003, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) The comptroller may [ |
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audits [ |
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agency that has total expenditures during a state fiscal biennium | ||
in an amount that exceeds $50 [ |
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subject to required audits under [ |
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shall provide the recovery audit consultant with all information | ||
necessary for the audit. | ||
(a-1) The comptroller may determine the frequency of | ||
recovery audits authorized by this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 2115.005(b) and (c), Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The comptroller shall provide the copies required by | ||
Subsection (a) not later than the 15th [ |
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the comptroller receives the consultant's report. | ||
(c) Not later than February [ |
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year, the comptroller shall issue a report to the legislature | ||
summarizing the activities conducted [ |
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ending August 31 of the previous year. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |