| 1 | 1 | | 84R5903 AAF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 404 |
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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 requiring state agencies to identify spending reduction |
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| 8 | 8 | | measures. |
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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. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Section 322.025 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 322.025. STATE AGENCY REPORT ON SPENDING REDUCTION |
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| 13 | 13 | | MEASURES. (a) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, |
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| 14 | 14 | | each state agency shall submit to the governor, lieutenant |
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| 15 | 15 | | governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and Legislative |
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| 16 | 16 | | Budget Board a detailed report identifying measures by which the |
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| 17 | 17 | | agency can reduce the agency's biennial expenditures by 1 percent, |
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| 18 | 18 | | 5 percent, and 10 percent. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) The Legislative Budget Board by rule may adopt standards |
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| 20 | 20 | | for the report required by this section, including rules governing |
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| 21 | 21 | | the format, content, and methods of submission of the report. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 23 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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