Bill Text: TX SB1831 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
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-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1831 |
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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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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1831 passed the Senate on | ||
May 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; | ||
May 25, 2017, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and | ||
requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 26, 2017, House | ||
granted request of the Senate; May 28, 2017, Senate adopted | ||
Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 29, | ||
Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1831 passed the House, with | ||
amendments, on May 21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 135, | ||
Nays 0, two present not voting; May 26, 2017, House granted request | ||
of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; | ||
May 28, 2017, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |