By: Shaheen H.B. No. 1554
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a report on local government operations 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 403.03056 to read as follows:
Sec. 403.03056. LOCAL GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS REPORT. (a) In
this section, "local government" means a municipality, county,
school district, hospital district, special-purpose district, or
other political subdivision of this state.
(b) The comptroller shall prepare and deliver to the
governor, the lieutenant governor, and each member of the
legislature a report of local government operations that includes,
for each local government in this state:
(1) a compilation of the local government's financial
data, including:
(A) total revenue in the previous fiscal year;
(B) total expenditures in the previous fiscal
year;
(C) pension liability, if applicable;
(D) tax-supported debt;
(E) revenue-supported debt;
(F) if the local government is a municipality,
county, or school district, debt per capita;
(G) lease-purchase obligations; and
(H) certificates of obligation;
(2) the statutory or constitutional authority for:
(A) establishing the local government; and
(B) the local government's taxing or assessment
authority, as applicable;
(3) the local government's method of governance,
including the method by which the governing body of the local
government is appointed or elected; and
(4) the year and method by which the local government
was established.
(c) Not later than December 31 of each year ending in five
and zero, the comptroller shall:
(1) deliver the report to the governor, the lieutenant
governor, and each member of the legislature; and
(2) post the report on the comptroller's website.
(d) The comptroller may request information related to the
report from a local government, and the local government shall
comply with that request.
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), the comptroller:
(1) shall prepare, deliver, and post the initial
report not later than December 31, 2019; and
(2) is not required to prepare, deliver, or post a
report in 2020.
(f) This subsection and Subsection (e) expire August 31,
2023.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.