85R13073 KLA-D
By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1831
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an annual report on state programs and functions not
funded by appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 403.0147 to read as follows:
Sec. 403.0147. REPORT ON STATE PROGRAMS AND FUNCTIONS NOT
FUNDED BY APPROPRIATIONS. (a) In this section, "state agency"
means an agency, department, board, commission, or other entity in
the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government.
(b) Not later than January 1 of each year, the comptroller
shall submit a report to the legislature that identifies for each
state agency:
(1) each program or other function the state agency is
statutorily required or authorized to implement for which no
appropriation was made for the preceding state fiscal year; and
(2) the amount and source of money the state agency
spent, if any, to implement the program or other function described
by Subdivision (1) during the preceding state fiscal year.
(c) A state agency shall provide to the comptroller not
later than September 30 of each year information necessary for the
comptroller to prepare the report required by this section. The
comptroller may prescribe the form and content of the information a
state agency must provide.
SECTION 2. The comptroller of public accounts shall submit
the initial report required by Section 403.0147, Government Code,
as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2018.
SECTION 3. 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.