82R1102 KJM-D
By: Watson S.B. No. 703
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to annual reports regarding federal funding for state
agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2101.011, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) A state agency must include in the agency's annual
financial report an explanation of:
(1) the amount of federal funding the agency uses to
fund agency operations, including each federal program from which
the agency receives or is eligible to receive federal funding; and
(2) the amounts of any increases in federal funding,
including matching funds, that would be available to the agency if
state funding for agency operations were increased.
SECTION 2. 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, 2011.