85R27165 MK-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 636
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 636:
By: Longoria C.S.H.B. No. 636
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a report on certain pending suits against the state, a
state agency, or a state official.
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 produce a report that
identifies each suit against the state, a state agency, or a state
official:
(1) in which the amount of the monetary claim in
controversy is $10 million or more; and
(2) that is pending as of August 31 of
each even-numbered fiscal year.
(b) In preparing the report required under this section, the
comptroller shall use available information submitted to the
comptroller by state agencies for the purpose of producing the most
recent comprehensive annual financial report under Section
403.013(c). A state agency shall provide any information on
pending suits requested by the comptroller for the purpose of
producing the report.
(c) Information relating to a suit described by Subsection
(a) provided to the comptroller by a state agency, collected by the
comptroller from a state agency, or that is used or created by the
comptroller to produce the report described by this section is
confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552.
(d) Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year,
the comptroller shall deliver the report produced under this
section to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house
of representatives, House Appropriations Committee, Senate Finance
Committee, and Legislative Budget Board.
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.