88R7188 KBB-F
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 987
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reporting requirements regarding recovery audits of
payments made to vendors by state agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2115.005, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2115.005. BIENNIAL REPORT [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 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 biennium.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.