| 1 | 1 | | 84R2105 CJC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: White of Tyler H.B. No. 1216 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | sunset review process. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 325.007, Government Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 325.007. AGENCY REPORT TO COMMISSION; ZERO-BASED |
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| 13 | 13 | | BUDGET. |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 2. Section 325.007, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 15 | 15 | | adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (c) Before November 1 of the odd-numbered year before the |
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| 17 | 17 | | year in which a state agency subject to this chapter is abolished, |
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| 18 | 18 | | the agency shall present to the commission a zero-based budget for |
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| 19 | 19 | | the state fiscal biennium that begins on the date the agency is |
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| 20 | 20 | | scheduled to be abolished that contains: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) a description of the discrete activities the |
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| 22 | 22 | | agency is charged with conducting or performing, together with a |
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| 23 | 23 | | justification for each activity by reference to a statute or other |
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| 24 | 24 | | legal authority; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) for each activity identified under Subdivision |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1), a quantitative estimate of any adverse effects that reasonably |
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| 27 | 27 | | may be expected to result if the activity were discontinued, |
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| 28 | 28 | | together with a description of the methods by which the adverse |
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| 29 | 29 | | effects were estimated; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) for each activity identified under Subdivision |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the |
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| 32 | 32 | | activity at the minimum level of service required by the statute or |
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| 33 | 33 | | other legal authority, together with a concise statement of the |
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| 34 | 34 | | quantity and quality of service required at that minimum level; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (4) for each activity identified under Subdivision |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the |
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| 37 | 37 | | activity at the current level of service, together with a concise |
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| 38 | 38 | | statement of the quantity and quality of service provided at that |
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| 39 | 39 | | level; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (5) a ranking of activities identified under |
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| 41 | 41 | | Subdivision (1) that illustrates the relative importance of each |
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| 42 | 42 | | activity to the overall goals and purposes of the agency at current |
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| 43 | 43 | | service levels. |
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| 44 | 44 | | (d) A state agency shall submit the zero-based budget |
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| 45 | 45 | | required under Subsection (c) to the Legislative Budget Board as |
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| 46 | 46 | | part of the agency's legislative appropriations request for the |
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| 47 | 47 | | state fiscal biennium that begins on the date the agency is |
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| 48 | 48 | | scheduled to be abolished. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply in |
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| 50 | 50 | | relation to the review by the Sunset Advisory Commission of |
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| 51 | 51 | | agencies scheduled to be abolished on or after September 1, 2019, if |
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| 52 | 52 | | not continued in accordance with Chapter 325, Government Code, and |
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| 53 | 53 | | in relation to any other agencies that by law are reviewed during |
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| 54 | 54 | | those review periods by the Sunset Advisory Commission. |
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| 55 | 55 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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