| 1 | 1 | | 87R829 CJC-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1420 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the |
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| 8 | 8 | | sunset review process. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 325.007, Government Code, |
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| 11 | 11 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 325.007. AGENCY REPORT TO COMMISSION; ZERO-BASED |
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| 13 | 13 | | BUDGET. |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 2. Section 325.007, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 15 | 15 | | adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (c) Before November 1 of the odd-numbered year before the |
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| 17 | 17 | | year in which a state agency subject to this chapter is to be |
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| 18 | 18 | | abolished, the agency shall present to the commission a zero-based |
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| 19 | 19 | | budget for the state fiscal biennium that begins on the date the |
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| 20 | 20 | | agency is scheduled to be abolished that contains: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) a description of the discrete activities the |
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| 22 | 22 | | agency is charged with conducting or performing, together with a |
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| 23 | 23 | | justification for each activity by reference to a statute or other |
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| 24 | 24 | | legal authority; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) for each activity identified under Subdivision |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1): |
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| 27 | 27 | | (A) a quantitative estimate of any adverse |
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| 28 | 28 | | effects that reasonably may be expected to result if the activity |
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| 29 | 29 | | were discontinued, together with a description of the methods by |
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| 30 | 30 | | which the adverse effects were estimated; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) an itemized account of expenditures required |
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| 32 | 32 | | to maintain the activity at the minimum level of service or |
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| 33 | 33 | | performance required by the statute or other legal authority, |
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| 34 | 34 | | together with a concise statement of the quantity and quality of |
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| 35 | 35 | | service or performance required at that minimum level; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (C) an itemized account of expenditures required |
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| 37 | 37 | | to maintain the activity at the current level of service or |
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| 38 | 38 | | performance, together with a concise statement of the quantity and |
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| 39 | 39 | | quality of service or performance provided at that current level; |
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| 40 | 40 | | and |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) a ranking of activities identified under |
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| 42 | 42 | | Subdivision (1) that illustrates the relative importance of each |
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| 43 | 43 | | activity to the overall goals and purposes of the agency at current |
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| 44 | 44 | | service or performance levels. |
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| 45 | 45 | | (d) A state agency shall submit the zero-based budget |
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| 46 | 46 | | required under Subsection (c) to the Legislative Budget Board as |
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| 47 | 47 | | part of the agency's legislative appropriations request for the |
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| 48 | 48 | | state fiscal biennium that begins on the date the agency is |
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| 49 | 49 | | scheduled to be abolished. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply to |
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| 51 | 51 | | agencies scheduled to be abolished on or after September 1, 2025, if |
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| 52 | 52 | | not continued in accordance with Chapter 325, Government Code. |
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| 53 | 53 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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