H.B. No. 4510
AN ACT
relating to reporting of certain information by state agencies and
counties, including information related to appropriated money,
activities of certain consultants, and tax revenue.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2101.011, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and
(b-2) to read as follows:
(a) In this section:
(1) "Annual financial report" means the annual
financial report required by this section.
(2) "Appropriated money" means money appropriated by
the legislature under the General Appropriations Act or other law.
(3) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.
(b) Except as provided by Subsections (b-1) and (b-2), not
[Not] later than November 1 [20] of each year, a state agency shall
submit an annual financial report regarding the agency's use of
appropriated money during the preceding fiscal year to:
(1) the governor;
(2) the comptroller;
(3) the Legislative Reference Library;
(4) the state auditor; and
(5) the Legislative Budget Board.
(b-1) An institution of higher education shall submit the
annual financial report described by Subsection (b) not later than
November 20 of each year.
(b-2) A state agency may submit an audited financial report
in place of the report described by Subsection (b). An audited
financial report must be submitted not later than December 15 of
each year.
SECTION 2. Section 2115.005, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2115.005. ANNUAL REPORT BY COMPTROLLER [FORWARDING
REPORTS]. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), not [The comptroller
shall provide copies, including electronic form copies, of any
reports received from a consultant contracting under Section
2115.002 to:
[(1) the governor;
[(2) the state auditor's office; and
[(3) the Legislative Budget Board.
[(b) The comptroller shall provide the copies required by
Subsection (a) not later than the 15th day after the date the
comptroller receives the consultant's report.
[(c) Not] later than February 1 of each [odd-numbered] year,
the comptroller shall issue [a report] to the legislature,
governor, state auditor's office, and Legislative Budget Board a
report summarizing the activities conducted by a consultant
pursuant to a recovery audit completed under this chapter during
the preceding state fiscal [biennium ending August 31 of the
previous] year.
(b) The comptroller is required to issue a report under
Subsection (a) only if a recovery audit was completed under this
chapter during the preceding state fiscal year.
SECTION 3. Section 61.040, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 61.040. TAX INFORMATION. (a) For the purpose of
determining eligibility for state assistance under this chapter,
[The comptroller shall give] the department may require a county to
provide the following information for the relevant period [relating
to]:
(1) the taxable value of property taxable by the
[each] county;
(2) the [and each] county's applicable general revenue
tax levy [for the relevant period]; and
(3) [(2)] the amount of sales and use tax revenue
received by the [each] county [for the relevant period].
(b) The department shall prescribe the manner in which a
county must provide the information described by Subsection (a).
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2024.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4510 was passed by the House on May 2,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 7, 3 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 4510 on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 5,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4510 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor