83R6590 CJC-D
By: Campbell S.B. No. 1027
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the coordination of state and federal standards and
reporting requirements related to the receipt of certain federal
money.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 403.0123 to read as follows:
Sec. 403.0123. COORDINATION OF CERTAIN STANDARDS AND
REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a) In this section:
(1) "One-time payment" means a one-time allocation of
federal money, including stimulus money, to a state agency
appropriated by legislation other than an annual federal
appropriations act.
(2) "State agency" means a department, commission,
board, office, or other agency in the executive or legislative
branch of state government created by the constitution or a statute
of this state, including an institution of higher education as
defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
(b) If at least 10 state agencies receive a combined total
of at least $1 billion in one-time payments in a state fiscal year,
the comptroller shall establish standards and reporting
requirements, including performance benchmarks, required of each
state agency that receives a one-time payment. The comptroller
shall ensure that the standards and reporting requirements conform
to any federal standards and reporting requirements related to the
one-time payments. To the greatest extent practicable, the
comptroller shall eliminate or suspend a state reporting
requirement that is duplicative or unnecessary in light of the
standards and reporting requirements established under this
section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.