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| 1 | 1 | 85R11124 PAM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Frank H.B. No. 2384 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a study on reporting and accessibility of county budget | |
| 8 | 8 | information. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. (a) The comptroller of public accounts shall | |
| 11 | 11 | conduct a study to evaluate standards for reporting county budget | |
| 12 | 12 | information and methods for making that information publicly | |
| 13 | 13 | accessible. | |
| 14 | 14 | (b) In conducting the study, the comptroller shall: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) identify and evaluate uniform standards for | |
| 16 | 16 | reporting county budget information; | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) identify best practices for reporting county | |
| 18 | 18 | budget information; and | |
| 19 | 19 | (3) identify and evaluate methods for making county | |
| 20 | 20 | budget information publicly accessible. | |
| 21 | 21 | (c) Not later than June 1, 2018, the comptroller shall | |
| 22 | 22 | prepare and submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, and | |
| 23 | 23 | speaker of the house of representatives a written report containing | |
| 24 | 24 | the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or | |
| 25 | 25 | other action. | |
| 26 | 26 | (d) This Act expires September 1, 2019. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 28 | 28 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 29 | 29 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 30 | 30 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 31 | 31 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |