84R5903 AAF-D
By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 404
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring state agencies to identify spending reduction
measures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 322.025 to read as follows:
Sec. 322.025. STATE AGENCY REPORT ON SPENDING REDUCTION
MEASURES. (a) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
each state agency shall submit to the governor, lieutenant
governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and Legislative
Budget Board a detailed report identifying measures by which the
agency can reduce the agency's biennial expenditures by 1 percent,
5 percent, and 10 percent.
(b) The Legislative Budget Board by rule may adopt standards
for the report required by this section, including rules governing
the format, content, and methods of submission of the report.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.