83R9497 CJC-D By: Davis S.B. No. 1129 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a semiannual report on revenue collections prepared by the comptroller. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 403.0143 to read as follows: Sec. 403.0143. REPORT ON REVENUE COLLECTED. (a) Every six months, the comptroller shall report to the legislature and the governor on the total amount of revenue collected in the six-month period preceding the report. (b) The report must be similar in format and detail to the comptroller's statement required by Section 49a, Article III, Texas Constitution, and must compare, for the six-month period covered by the report, the actual revenue collected to the estimate of anticipated revenue contained in the statement. SECTION 2. The first report required under Section 403.0143, Government Code, as added by this Act, is due January 15, 2014, and must cover the period from July 1, 2013, to January 1, 2014. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.