By: Buckingham, Burton S.B. No. 1831
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an annual report on state programs 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 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 December 31 of each year, the comptroller
shall submit a report to the legislature that identifies for each
state agency:
(1) each program the state agency is statutorily
required to implement for which no appropriation was made for the
preceding state fiscal year, along with a citation to the law
imposing the requirement; and
(2) the amount and source of money the state agency
spent, if any, to implement any portion of the program 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 December 31, 2017.
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.