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