Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB3750 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R11573 JJT-F
2	2	By: Flynn H.B. No. 3750
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to zero-based budgeting for certain entities funded by
8	8	this state.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 322.007, Government Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 322.007. ESTIMATES AND REPORTS. (a) Each
13	13	institution, department, agency, officer, employee, or agent of the
14	14	state shall submit to the board any estimate or report relating to
15	15	appropriations requested by the board or under the board's
16	16	direction.
17	17	(b) Each institution, department, and agency of this state
18	18	that receives an appropriation shall submit to the board a
19	19	zero-based budget plan that contains:
20	20	(1) a description of the discrete activities the
21	21	entity is charged with conducting or performing together with a
22	22	justification for each activity by reference to a statute or other
23	23	legal authority;
24	24	(2) for each activity identified under Subdivision
25	25	(1), a quantitative estimate of any adverse effects that reasonably
26	26	may be expected to result if the activity were discontinued,
27	27	together with a description of the methods by which the adverse
28	28	effects were estimated;
29	29	(3) for each activity identified under Subdivision
30	30	(1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the
31	31	activity at the minimum level of service required by the statute or
32	32	other legal authority, together with a concise statement of the
33	33	quantity and quality of service required at that minimum level;
34	34	(4) for each activity identified under Subdivision
35	35	(1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the
36	36	activity at the current level of service, together with a concise
37	37	statement of the quantity and quality of service provided at that
38	38	minimum level; and
39	39	(5) a ranking of activities identified under
40	40	Subdivision (1) that illustrates the relative importance of each
41	41	activity to the overall goals and purposes of the institution,
42	42	department, or agency at current service levels.
43	43	(c) Each zero-based budget plan and each estimate or report
44	44	shall be submitted at a time set by the board and in the manner and
45	45	form prescribed by board rules.
46	46	(d) Each zero-based budget plan and each [(c) An] estimate
47	47	or report required under this section is in addition to a budget
48	48	plan or an estimate or report required by other law, including those
49	49	estimates or reports relating to appropriations required by Chapter
50	50	401.
51	51	SECTION 2. Section 322.008(a), Government Code, is amended
52	52	to read as follows:
53	53	(a) Based on information provided under Section 322.007,
54	54	the [The] director, under the direction of the board, shall prepare
55	55	the general appropriations bill for introduction at each regular
56	56	legislative session.
57	57	SECTION 3. Section 401.0445(a), Government Code, is amended
58	58	to read as follows:
59	59	(a) The governor shall compile the biennial appropriation
60	60	budget using information:
61	61	(1) submitted to the governor in the uniform budget
62	62	estimate forms; [and]
63	63	(2) obtained at public hearings, from inspections, and
64	64	from other sources; and
65	65	(3) submitted to the Legislative Budget Board under
66	66	Section 322.007.
67	67	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only in
68	68	regard to information for developing a biennial appropriation
69	69	budget for a state fiscal biennium beginning on or after September
70	70	1, 2011.
71	71	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.