84R25284 KLA-D
By: Frank, Capriglione, Isaac, et al. H.B. No. 1592
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1592:
By: Otto C.S.H.B. No. 1592
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain comparisons of state budgets made by the
Legislative Budget Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 322.0083 to read as follows:
Sec. 322.0083. CERTAIN BUDGET COMPARISONS. (a) This
section applies only to a biennial fiscal size-up report, or a
comparable successor report if the board ceases preparing a fiscal
size-up report, prepared by the board that compares appropriations
made for one state fiscal biennium or year with the appropriations
made for one or more other state fiscal bienniums or years.
(b) The board in a report to which this section applies
shall ensure that a consistent accounting methodology is used for
purposes of the report by adjusting the reported amount of
appropriations made by the legislature to a state agency or
institution as necessary so that the appropriations made for each
of the state fiscal bienniums or years being compared reflect the
approved accounting methodology for the latest of the state fiscal
bienniums or years being compared.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.