85R2990 MK-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 636
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a report on the range of potential fiscal impacts to the
state resulting from judgments in pending suits against the state
or a state agency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 403.0146 to read as follows:
Sec. 403.0146. REPORT ON FISCAL IMPACT OF PENDING SUITS
AGAINST THE STATE. (a) The comptroller shall collaborate with the
Legislative Budget Board to produce a report on the range of
potential fiscal impacts to the state that could result from a
judgment entered against the state in any suit against the state, a
state agency, or a state official that is pending at the time of the
report's publication.
(b) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
the comptroller shall deliver the report produced under Subsection
(a) to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of
representatives, House Appropriations Committee, and Senate
Finance Committee.
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, 2017.