88R13500 KBB-D
By: Howard, Darby H.B. No. 3258
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a report by the Legislative Budget Board on the reliance
by this state on certain dedicated revenue for purposes of budget
certification.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 322.024(a), (b), and (c), Government
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) In this section, "available dedicated revenue" means
revenue that Section 403.095, including any reenactment of Section
403.095, makes available for certification under Section 403.121.
(b) The board shall:
(1) develop and implement a process to review:
(A) new legislative enactments that create
dedicated revenue; and
(B) the appropriation and accumulation of
dedicated revenue and available dedicated revenue;
(2) develop and implement tools to evaluate the use of
available dedicated revenue for state government financing and
budgeting; and
(3) develop specific and detailed recommendations on
actions the legislature may reasonably take to reduce state
government's reliance on available dedicated revenue for the
purposes of certification under Section 403.121 as authorized by
Section 403.095 or by any reenactment of Section 403.095.
(c) The board shall:
(1) incorporate into the board's budget
recommendations for each state fiscal biennium appropriate
measures to reduce state government's reliance on available
dedicated revenue for the purposes of certification under Section
403.121 as authorized by Section 403.095 or by any reenactment of
Section 403.095; and
(2) [shall] include with the budget recommendations
for each state fiscal biennium a plan adopted by the board [plans]
for further reducing state government's reliance on available
dedicated revenue for those purposes for the three state fiscal
bienniums that follow the adoption of those budget recommendations
[succeeding six years].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.