By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 987
(In the Senate - Filed February 16, 2023; March 3, 2023,
read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
March 27, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 17, Nays 0; March 27, 2023,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 987 By: Kolkhorst
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reporting of certain information regarding the
payment of state money to certain vendors and counties.
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. 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 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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