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1		-	84R29989 TSR-D
2		-	By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1455
3		-	(Elkins, Galindo)
4		-	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1455: No.
	1	+	S.B. No. 1455
5	2
6	3
7		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	4		AN ACT
9	5		relating to certain required reports, plans, and other documents
10	6		prepared by state agencies and institutions of higher education.
11	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	8		SECTION 1. Section 32.034(e), Education Code, is amended to
13	9		read as follows:
14	10		(e) The board of directors shall:
15	11		(1) employ a director for the center; and
16	12		(2) establish priorities for the center's activities[;
17	13		and
18	14		[(3) report annually on the operation, projects, and
19	15		fiscal affairs of the center to the State Board of Education and the
20	16		membership of the center].
21	17		SECTION 2. Section 39.263(c), Education Code, is amended to
22	18		read as follows:
23	19		(c) The commissioner shall select annually schools and
24	20		districts qualified to receive successful school awards for their
25	21		performance [and report the selections to the governor and the
26	22		State Board of Education].
27	23		SECTION 3. Section 51.752(h), Education Code, is amended to
28	24		read as follows:
29	25		(h) If the legislature fails to appropriate funds for the
30	26		operation of the Educational Economic Policy Center, the
31	27		Legislative Budget Board shall perform the duties of the committee
32	28		under this subchapter. [The board shall make the annual reports
33	29		required by Subsection (g) to the presiding officers of the
34	30		standing committees of the senate and the house of representatives
35	31		with primary jurisdiction over the public school system.]
36	32		SECTION 4. Section 61.0762(a), Education Code, is amended
37	33		to read as follows:
38	34		(a) To [implement the college readiness and success
39	35		strategic action plan adopted under Section 61.0761 and to] enhance
40	36		the success of students at institutions of higher education, the
41	37		board by rule shall:
42	38		(1) develop higher education bridge programs in the
43	39		subject areas of mathematics, science, social science, or English
44	40		language arts to increase student success by reducing the need for
45	41		developmental education;
46	42		(2) develop incentive programs for institutions of
47	43		higher education that implement research-based, innovative
48	44		developmental education initiatives;
49	45		(3) develop a pilot program to award grants to
50	46		institutions of higher education for intensive programs designed to
51	47		address the needs of students at risk of dropping out of college;
52	48		(4) develop professional development programs for
53	49		faculty of institutions of higher education on college readiness
54	50		standards and the implications of such standards on instruction;
55	51		and
56	52		(5) develop other programs as determined by the board
57	53		that support the participation and success goals in "Closing the
58	54		Gaps," the state's master plan for higher education.
59	55		SECTION 5. Section 88.526(a), Education Code, is amended to
60	56		read as follows:
61	57		(a) The director shall prepare an annual report on equine
62	58		research funded under this subchapter. The director shall
63	59		distribute the report to [the Texas Racing Commission and] members
64	60		of the Texas horse racing industry. The director shall make copies
65	61		of the report available to interested parties.
66	62		SECTION 6. Section 72.084, Government Code, is amended to
67	63		read as follows:
68	64		Sec. 72.084. COURT OF APPEALS. Each month, a [A] court of
69	65		appeals shall [annually] report to the office:
70	66		(1) the number of cases filed with the court during the
71	67		reporting month [year];
72	68		(2) the number of cases disposed of by the court during
73	69		the reporting month [year];
74	70		(3) for active cases on the docket of the court on the
75	71		reporting date, the average number of days from the date of
76	72		submission of the case to the court until the reporting date; and
77	73		(4) for each case disposed of during the reporting
78	74		month [year] by the court, the number of days from the date of
79	75		submission of the case to the court until the date of disposition of
80	76		the case by the court.
81	77		SECTION 7. Section 531.02111(e), Government Code, is
82	78		amended to read as follows:
83	79		(e) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
84	80		the commission shall submit the report to the governor, the
85	81		lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
86	82		the presiding officer of each standing committee of the senate and
87	83		house of representatives having jurisdiction over health and human
88	84		services issues, and the state auditor[, and the comptroller].
89	85		SECTION 8. Section 531.02112(c), Government Code, is
90	86		amended to read as follows:
91	87		(c) The commission shall submit the report to the governor,
92	88		legislature, and state auditor[, and comptroller].
93	89		SECTION 9. Section 531.055(a), Government Code, as amended
94	90		by S.B. 219, Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is
95	91		amended to read as follows:
96	92		(a) Each health and human services agency, the Texas
97	93		Correctional Office on Offenders with Medical or Mental
98	94		Impairments, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas
99	95		Department of Housing and Community Affairs, [the Texas Education
100	96		Agency,] the Texas Workforce Commission, and the Texas Juvenile
101	97		Justice Department shall enter into a joint memorandum of
102	98		understanding to promote a system of local-level interagency
103	99		staffing groups to coordinate services for persons needing
104	100		multiagency services.
105	101		SECTION 10. Section 614.072(f), Government Code, is amended
106	102		to read as follows:
107	103		(f) The director shall prepare an annual written report on
108	104		the activity, status, and effectiveness of the fund and shall
109	105		submit the report to the lieutenant governor and[,] the speaker of
110	106		the house of representatives[, and the comptroller] before
111	107		September 1 of each year.
112	108		SECTION 11. Section 772.009, Government Code, is amended by
113	109		amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (g-1) to read as
114	110		follows:
115	111		(g) Each state agency other than an institution of higher
116	112		education shall file an annual report with the grant writing team
117	113		concerning the agency's efforts to acquire [in acquiring] available
118	114		discretionary federal funds during the preceding state fiscal
119	115		year. The grant writing team shall establish guidelines for
120	116		information included in the annual report required by this
121	117		subsection [section].
122	118		(g-1) The grant writing team shall:
123	119		(1) evaluate the effectiveness of each agency in
124	120		acquiring discretionary federal funds during the preceding state
125	121		fiscal year;
126	122		(2) [and shall] report the findings of the evaluation
127	123		to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board; and
128	124		(3) publish the report on the office of the governor's
129	125		Internet website.
130	126		SECTION 12. Section 2054.102, Government Code, is amended
131	127		by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2),
132	128		(a-3), and (a-4) to read as follows:
133	129		(a) The Legislative Budget Board may specify procedures for
134	130		[the] submission, review, approval, and disapproval of biennial
135	131		operating plans and amendments, including procedures for review or
136	132		reconsideration of the Legislative Budget Board's disapproval of a
137	133		biennial operating plan or biennial operating plan amendment. The
138	134		Legislative Budget Board shall review and approve or disapprove the
139	135		biennial operating plan for a state fiscal biennium on or before [or
140	136		biennial operating plan amendment not later than] the 60th day
141	137		after the last day of the regular legislative session held during
142	138		the calendar year during which that state fiscal biennium begins
143	139		[date the plan or amendment to the plan is submitted].
144	140		(a-1) If an amendment to a biennial operating plan is
145	141		submitted to the Legislative Budget Board on a date that falls
146	142		during the period beginning September 1 of an even-numbered year
147	143		and ending the last day of the following regular legislative
148	144		session, the Legislative Budget Board shall review and approve or
149	145		disapprove the amendment on or before the 60th day after the last
150	146		day of that regular legislative session.
151	147		(a-2) If an [The plan or] amendment to a biennial operating
152	148		[the] plan is submitted to the Legislative Budget Board on a date
153	149		that falls outside of the period described by Subsection (a-1), the
154	150		Legislative Budget Board shall review and approve or disapprove the
155	151		amendment on or before the 60th day after the date the amendment is
156	152		submitted.
157	153		(a-3) The Legislative Budget Board may extend the deadline
158	154		for the Legislative Budget Board's action on an amendment to a
159	155		biennial operating plan by the number of days the review of the
160	156		amendment is delayed while board staff waits for the submission of
161	157		additional information regarding the amendment requested by the
162	158		staff as necessary for the completion of the review.
163	159		(a-4) An amendment to a biennial operating plan is
164	160		considered to be approved [on the 61st day after the date the plan
165	161		or amendment is submitted] if the Legislative Budget Board does not
166	162		disapprove the [plan or] amendment before the later of:
167	163		(1) the day following the last day of the period for
168	164		approval or disapproval of the amendment as provided by Subsection
169	165		(a-1) or (a-2), as applicable; or
170	166		(2) the day following the last day of the period for
171	167		approval or disapproval of the amendment as extended under
172	168		Subsection (a-3) [that date].
173	169		SECTION 13. Section 2056.002(d), Government Code, is
174	170		amended to read as follows:
175	171		(d) A state agency shall send two copies of each plan to both
176	172		the Legislative Reference Library and the state publications
177	173		clearinghouse of the Texas State Library and one copy each to:
178	174		(1) the governor;
179	175		(2) the lieutenant governor;
180	176		(3) the speaker of the house of representatives;
181	177		(4) the Legislative Budget Board;
182	178		(5) the Sunset Advisory Commission;
183	179		(6) the state auditor; and
184	180		(7) [the comptroller; and
185	181		[(8)] the Department of Information Resources.
186	182		SECTION 14. Section 2056.009(b), Government Code, is
187	183		amended to read as follows:
188	184		(b) The state plan shall be sent to the governor, lieutenant
189	185		governor, [comptroller,] and each member of the legislature not
190	186		later than the seventh working day of each regular session of the
191	187		legislature.
192	188		SECTION 15. Section 2165.055, Government Code, as amended
193	189		by Chapters 1153 (S.B. 211) and 1312 (S.B. 59), Acts of the 83rd
194	190		Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended to
195	191		read as follows:
196	192		Sec. 2165.055. REPORT ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS. Not
197	193		later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the commission
198	194		[on July 1 of each even-numbered year] shall [electronically submit
199	195		a] report to the governor[, lieutenant governor, speaker of the
200	196		house of representatives, comptroller, and Legislative Budget
201	197		Board on]:
202	198		(1) all improvements and repairs that have been made,
203	199		with an itemized account of receipts and expenditures; and
204	200		(2) the condition of all property under its control,
205	201		with an estimate of needed improvements and repairs.
206	202		SECTION 16. Section 2165.1061(h), Government Code, is
207	203		amended to read as follows:
208	204		(h) In addition to the requirements of Subsection (f), [not
209	205		later than July 1 of each even-numbered year,] the commission shall
210	206		complete a study on the amount of each state agency's
211	207		administrative office space in Travis County to identify locations
212	208		that exceed the space limitations prescribed by Section 2165.104(c)
213	209		and include the findings of the study in the commission's master
214	210		facilities plan required under Section 2166.102. The findings
215	211		shall include:
216	212		(1) the location of office space that exceeds the
217	213		space limitations prescribed by Section 2165.104(c);
218	214		(2) the amount of excess space;
219	215		(3) the cost of the excess space;
220	216		(4) the expiration dates of any leases covering the
221	217		excess space;
222	218		(5) the amount of exempt and nonexempt space under
223	219		Section 2165.104(c); and
224	220		(6) recommendations for the most cost-effective
225	221		method by which a state agency could comply with the requirements of
226	222		Section 2165.104(c), including recommendations that identify the
227	223		amount and cost of office space that could be reduced or eliminated,
228	224		state the moving costs and expenses associated with reductions in
229	225		space, and state the earliest date by which the space reductions
230	226		could be feasibly achieved.
231	227		SECTION 17. Section 2166.101(d), Government Code, as
232	228		amended by Chapters 1153 (S.B. 211) and 1312 (S.B. 59), Acts of the
233	229		83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended
234	230		to read as follows:
235	231		(d) The commission shall summarize its findings on the
236	232		status of state-owned buildings and current information on
237	233		construction costs and include the summary in the commission's
238	234		master facilities plan required under Section 2166.102 [in an
239	235		electronically submitted report to the governor, lieutenant
240	236		governor, speaker of the house of representatives, comptroller, and
241	237		Legislative Budget Board not later than July 1 of each
242	238		even-numbered year].
243	239		SECTION 18. Section 2166.102(b), Government Code, is
244	240		amended to read as follows:
245	241		(b) The commission shall maintain a six-year capital
246	242		planning cycle and shall electronically submit a master facilities
247	243		plan with the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house
248	244		of representatives, Legislative Budget Board, and comptroller not
249	245		later than December 1 [before July 1] of each even-numbered year.
250	246		SECTION 19. Section 2166.103(b), Government Code, as
251	247		amended by Chapters 1153 (S.B. 211) and 1312 (S.B. 59), Acts of the
252	248		83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended
253	249		to read as follows:
254	250		(b) The [Not later than July 1 of each even-numbered year,]
255	251		commission shall identify [electronically submit to the governor,
256	252		the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
257	253		representatives, the comptroller, and the Legislative Budget Board
258	254		a report identifying] counties in which more than 50,000 square
259	255		feet of usable office space is needed and make recommendations for
260	256		meeting that need. The commission may recommend leasing or
261	257		purchasing and renovating one or more existing buildings or
262	258		constructing one or more buildings. The commission shall include
263	259		the commission's findings and recommendations in the commission's
264	260		master facilities plan required under Section 2166.102.
265	261		SECTION 20. Section 2205.041, Government Code, is amended
266	262		to read as follows:
267	263		Sec. 2205.041. AIRCRAFT USE FORM. (a) The Texas Department
268	264		of Transportation [Legislative Budget Board, in cooperation with
269	265		the board,] shall prescribe:
270	266		(1) an annual aircraft use form for gathering
271	267		information about the use of state-operated aircraft, including the
272	268		extent to which and the methods by which the goal provided by
273	269		Section 2205.031(b) is being met; and
274	270		(2) procedures for each state agency that operates an
275	271		aircraft for sending the form to the department [board and the
276	272		Legislative Budget Board].
277	273		(b) The aircraft use form must request the following
278	274		information about each aircraft a state agency operates:
279	275		(1) a description of the aircraft;
280	276		(2) the date purchased or leased and the purchase
281	277		price or lease cost;
282	278		(3) the number of annual hours flown;
283	279		(4) the annual operating costs;
284	280		(5) the number of flights and the destinations;
285	281		(6) the travel logs prepared under Section 2205.039;
286	282		and
287	283		(7) any other information the Texas Department of
288	284		Transportation [Legislative Budget Board] requires to document the
289	285		proper or cost-efficient use of the aircraft.
290	286		SECTION 21. The following provisions are repealed:
291	287		(1) Section 51.752(g), Education Code;
292	288		(2) Section 61.0761, Education Code;
293	289		(3) Section 109.75(c), Education Code;
294	290		(4) Section 761.005, Government Code;
295	291		(5) Section 2166.409, Government Code;
296	292		(6) Section 372.004, Health and Safety Code; and
297	293		(7) Section 162.501(c), Tax Code.
298	294		SECTION 22. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	295	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	296	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	297	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1455 passed the Senate on
	298	+	April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
	299	+	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2015, by the
	300	+	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	301	+	______________________________
	302	+	Secretary of the Senate
	303	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1455 passed the House, with
	304	+	amendment, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137,
	305	+	Nays 3, two present not voting.
	306	+	______________________________
	307	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	308	+	Approved:
	309	+	______________________________
	310	+	Date
	311	+	______________________________
	312	+	Governor