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1	1	84R9784 SCL-D
2	2	By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1013
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to periodic zero-based budgeting for certain political
8	8	subdivisions.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 44, Education Code, is
11	11	amended by adding Section 44.0025 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 44.0025. PERIODIC ZERO-BASED BUDGET REQUIRED;
13	13	CONTENTS. (a) This section applies only to a school district with
14	14	a student enrollment of 50,000 or more.
15	15	(b) In addition to the annual itemized budget required under
16	16	Section 44.002, the superintendent shall prepare a zero-based
17	17	budget every 12th year that contains:
18	18	(1) a description of the discrete activities the
19	19	school district conducts or performs with:
20	20	(A) a justification for each activity by
21	21	reference to a statute, rule, or other legal authority; and
22	22	(B) an evaluation of the effectiveness and
23	23	efficiency of the district's policies, management, fiscal affairs,
24	24	and operations in relation to each activity;
25	25	(2) for each activity identified under Subdivision
26	26	(1), a quantitative estimate of any adverse effects that reasonably
27	27	may be expected to result if the activity were discontinued,
28	28	together with a description of the methods by which the adverse
29	29	effects were estimated;
30	30	(3) for each activity identified under Subdivision
31	31	(1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the
32	32	activity at any minimum level of service required by statute, rule,
33	33	or other legal authority, together with a concise statement of the
34	34	quantity and quality of service required at that minimum level;
35	35	(4) for each activity identified under Subdivision
36	36	(1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the
37	37	activity at the current level of service or performance, together
38	38	with a concise statement of the quantity and quality of service or
39	39	performance provided at that level;
40	40	(5) a ranking of activities identified under
41	41	Subdivision (1) that illustrates the relative importance of each
42	42	activity to the overall goals and purposes of the school district at
43	43	current service levels; and
44	44	(6) recommendations to the board of trustees of the
45	45	school district regarding whether the district should continue
46	46	funding each activity identified under Subdivision (1) and, if so,
47	47	at what level.
48	48	(c) In preparing the zero-based budget, the superintendent
49	49	may require any school district officer or employee to provide
50	50	information necessary for the superintendent to properly prepare
51	51	the budget.
52	52	(d) The superintendent shall file a copy of the zero-based
53	53	budget with the agency on or before the date the proposed budget is
54	54	filed, and the copy of the zero-based budget shall be available for
55	55	public inspection in the school district's central administrative
56	56	office. If the district maintains an Internet website, the
57	57	district shall take action to ensure that the zero-based budget is
58	58	posted on the website.
59	59	(e) At a public meeting held to adopt a budget under this
60	60	subchapter, the board of trustees of the school district shall
61	61	consider information presented in the zero-based budget in addition
62	62	to the proposed budget.
63	63	SECTION 2. Chapter 102, Local Government Code, is amended
64	64	by adding Section 102.0055 to read as follows:
65	65	Sec. 102.0055. PERIODIC ZERO-BASED BUDGET REQUIRED;
66	66	CONTENTS. (a) This section applies only to a municipality with a
67	67	population of 225,000 or more.
68	68	(b) In addition to the annual itemized budget required under
69	69	Section 102.003, the budget officer shall prepare a zero-based
70	70	budget every 12th year that contains:
71	71	(1) a description of the discrete activities the
72	72	municipality conducts or performs with:
73	73	(A) a justification for each activity by
74	74	reference to a statute, charter provision, ordinance, or other
75	75	legal authority; and
76	76	(B) an evaluation of the effectiveness and
77	77	efficiency of the municipality's policies, management, fiscal
78	78	affairs, and operations in relation to each activity;
79	79	(2) for each activity identified under Subdivision
80	80	(1), a quantitative estimate of any adverse effects that reasonably
81	81	may be expected to result if the activity were discontinued,
82	82	together with a description of the methods by which the adverse
83	83	effects were estimated;
84	84	(3) for each activity identified under Subdivision
85	85	(1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the
86	86	activity at any minimum level of service required by statute,
87	87	charter provision, ordinance, or other legal authority, together
88	88	with a concise statement of the quantity and quality of service
89	89	required at that minimum level;
90	90	(4) for each activity identified under Subdivision
91	91	(1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the
92	92	activity at the current level of service or performance, together
93	93	with a concise statement of the quantity and quality of service or
94	94	performance provided at that level;
95	95	(5) a ranking of activities identified under
96	96	Subdivision (1) that illustrates the relative importance of each
97	97	activity to the overall goals and purposes of the municipality at
98	98	current service levels; and
99	99	(6) recommendations to the governing body of the
100	100	municipality regarding whether the municipality should continue
101	101	funding each activity identified under Subdivision (1) and, if so,
102	102	at what level.
103	103	(c) In preparing the zero-based budget, the budget officer
104	104	may require any municipal officer or board to provide information
105	105	necessary for the budget officer to properly prepare the budget.
106	106	(d) The budget officer shall file a copy of the zero-based
107	107	budget with the municipal clerk on or before the date the proposed
108	108	budget is filed, and the copy of the zero-based budget shall be
109	109	available for public inspection. If the municipality maintains an
110	110	Internet website, the municipal clerk shall take action to ensure
111	111	that the zero-based budget is posted on the website.
112	112	(e) At a public hearing held to adopt a budget under this
113	113	subchapter, the governing body of the municipality shall consider
114	114	information presented in the zero-based budget in addition to the
115	115	proposed budget.
116	116	SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 111, Local Government
117	117	Code, is amended by adding Section 111.0375 to read as follows:
118	118	Sec. 111.0375. PERIODIC ZERO-BASED BUDGET REQUIRED;
119	119	CONTENTS. (a) In addition to the annual itemized budget required
120	120	under Section 111.034, the county auditor shall prepare a
121	121	zero-based budget every 12th year that contains:
122	122	(1) a description of the discrete activities the
123	123	county conducts or performs with:
124	124	(A) a justification for each activity by
125	125	reference to a statute, order, or other legal authority; and
126	126	(B) an evaluation of the effectiveness and
127	127	efficiency of the county's policies, management, fiscal affairs,
128	128	and operations in relation to each activity;
129	129	(2) for each activity identified under Subdivision
130	130	(1), a quantitative estimate of any adverse effects that reasonably
131	131	may be expected to result if the activity were discontinued,
132	132	together with a description of the methods by which the adverse
133	133	effects were estimated;
134	134	(3) for each activity identified under Subdivision
135	135	(1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the
136	136	activity at any minimum level of service required by statute,
137	137	order, or other legal authority, together with a concise statement
138	138	of the quantity and quality of service required at that minimum
139	139	level;
140	140	(4) for each activity identified under Subdivision
141	141	(1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the
142	142	activity at the current level of service or performance, together
143	143	with a concise statement of the quantity and quality of service or
144	144	performance provided at that level;
145	145	(5) a ranking of activities identified under
146	146	Subdivision (1) that illustrates the relative importance of each
147	147	activity to the overall goals and purposes of the county at current
148	148	service levels; and
149	149	(6) recommendations to the commissioners court of the
150	150	county regarding whether the county should continue funding each
151	151	activity identified under Subdivision (1) and, if so, at what
152	152	level.
153	153	(b) In preparing the zero-based budget, the county auditor
154	154	may require any district, county, or precinct officer of the county
155	155	to provide information necessary for the auditor to properly
156	156	prepare the budget.
157	157	(c) The county auditor shall file a copy of the zero-based
158	158	budget with the county clerk on or before the date the proposed
159	159	budget is filed, and the copy of the zero-based budget shall be
160	160	available for public inspection. If the county maintains an
161	161	Internet website, the county clerk shall take action to ensure that
162	162	the zero-based budget is posted on the website.
163	163	(d) At a public hearing held to adopt a budget under this
164	164	subchapter, the commissioners court shall consider information
165	165	presented in the zero-based budget in addition to the proposed
166	166	budget.
167	167	SECTION 4. Subchapter C, Chapter 111, Local Government
168	168	Code, is amended by adding Section 111.0665 to read as follows:
169	169	Sec. 111.0665. PERIODIC ZERO-BASED BUDGET REQUIRED;
170	170	CONTENTS. (a) This section applies only to a county with a
171	171	population of 225,000 or more.
172	172	(b) In addition to the annual itemized budget required under
173	173	Section 111.063, the budget officer shall prepare a zero-based
174	174	budget every 12th year that contains:
175	175	(1) a description of the discrete activities the
176	176	county conducts or performs with:
177	177	(A) a justification for each activity by
178	178	reference to a statute, order, or other legal authority; and
179	179	(B) an evaluation of the effectiveness and
180	180	efficiency of the county's policies, management, fiscal affairs,
181	181	and operations in relation to each activity;
182	182	(2) for each activity identified under Subdivision
183	183	(1), a quantitative estimate of any adverse effects that reasonably
184	184	may be expected to result if the activity were discontinued,
185	185	together with a description of the methods by which the adverse
186	186	effects were estimated;
187	187	(3) for each activity identified under Subdivision
188	188	(1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the
189	189	activity at any minimum level of service required by statute,
190	190	order, or other legal authority, together with a concise statement
191	191	of the quantity and quality of service required at that minimum
192	192	level;
193	193	(4) for each activity identified under Subdivision
194	194	(1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the
195	195	activity at the current level of service or performance, together
196	196	with a concise statement of the quantity and quality of service or
197	197	performance provided at that level;
198	198	(5) a ranking of activities identified under
199	199	Subdivision (1) that illustrates the relative importance of each
200	200	activity to the overall goals and purposes of the county at current
201	201	service levels; and
202	202	(6) recommendations to the commissioners court of the
203	203	county regarding whether the county should continue funding each
204	204	activity identified under Subdivision (1) and, if so, at what
205	205	level.
206	206	(c) In preparing the zero-based budget, the budget officer
207	207	may require the county auditor or any other district, county, or
208	208	precinct officer of the county to provide information necessary for
209	209	the budget officer to properly prepare the budget.
210	210	(d) The budget officer shall file a copy of the zero-based
211	211	budget with the county clerk and county auditor on or before the
212	212	date the proposed budget is filed, and the copy of the zero-based
213	213	budget shall be available for public inspection.
214	214	(e) At a public hearing held to adopt a budget under this
215	215	subchapter, the commissioners court shall consider information
216	216	presented in the zero-based budget in addition to the proposed
217	217	budget.
218	218	SECTION 5. The board of trustees of a school district, a
219	219	commissioners court, or a governing body of a municipality shall
220	220	adopt an initial zero-based budget as described by Section 44.0025,
221	221	Education Code, or Section 102.0055, 111.0375, or 111.0665, Local
222	222	Government Code, as added by this Act, as applicable, for the fiscal
223	223	year beginning on or after September 1, 2017.
224	224	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.