| 1 | 1 | | 81R1505 BEF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Brown of Brazos H.B. No. 213 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the amount and disposition of funds retained by a state |
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| 8 | 8 | | agency under the savings incentive program for state agencies. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 2108.103, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 2108.103. RETENTION OF FUNDS. (a) The affected |
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| 13 | 13 | | agency retains [one-fourth of] the full amount of savings verified |
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| 14 | 14 | | by the comptroller [, not to exceed one percent of the amount of |
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| 15 | 15 | | undedicated general revenue derived from nonfederal sources |
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| 16 | 16 | | appropriated to the agency for the fiscal year in which the savings |
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| 17 | 17 | | are realized]. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) Savings retained under this section may only be |
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| 19 | 19 | | appropriated by the legislature to the affected agency. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (c) The administrative head of the agency shall determine |
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| 21 | 21 | | how to spend the savings. The agency may spend the savings only on |
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| 22 | 22 | | an activity or expense that [does not]: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) does not create new or expanded services; [or] |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) does not require ongoing funding at a later date; |
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| 25 | 25 | | and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (3) the administrative head of the agency determines |
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| 27 | 27 | | will enhance the agency's ability to perform the agency's duties. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (d) The agency may spend the savings on one-time merit |
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| 29 | 29 | | payments to employees in accordance with Section 659.255. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2108.103, Government Code, apply beginning with savings made during |
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| 32 | 32 | | the fiscal year ending August 31, 2010. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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