Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R8521 CS-D
2	2	By: Harris Davila H.B. No. 2832
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to requiring the approval of the comptroller of public
10	10	accounts before a state agency may accept federal money.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 10, Government Code, is
13	13	amended by adding Chapter 2118 to read as follows:
14	14	CHAPTER 2118. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ACCEPTANCE OF FEDERAL MONEY
15	15	BY STATE AGENCIES
16	16	Sec. 2118.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "state agency"
17	17	means an agency, department, commission, bureau, board, office,
18	18	council, court, or other entity that is in any branch of state
19	19	government and that is created by the constitution or a statute of
20	20	this state. The term includes an institution of higher education as
21	21	defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
22	22	Sec. 2118.002. REQUEST TO ACCEPT FEDERAL MONEY. (a) Except
23	23	as provided by Subsection (c), a state agency may not accept federal
24	24	money unless the agency first submits to the comptroller a request
25	25	to accept the money and the comptroller approves the request.
26	26	(b) A request by a state agency under Subsection (a) must
27	27	include:
28	28	(1) a detailed description of each condition or
29	29	limitation that will be imposed on the agency if the agency accepts
30	30	the money; and
31	31	(2) an estimate of the cost to implement the
32	32	conditions and limitations described by Subdivision (1).
33	33	(c) A state agency is not required to submit a request to the
34	34	comptroller to accept federal money if:
35	35	(1) the agency previously submitted a request to
36	36	accept federal money from the same source and for the same purposes
37	37	to the comptroller under Subsection (a);
38	38	(2) the comptroller approved the previously submitted
39	39	request; and
40	40	(3) no conditions or limitations other than those
41	41	described in the previously submitted request will be imposed on
42	42	the agency if the agency accepts the federal money, as determined by
43	43	the agency.
44	44	Sec. 2118.003. COMPTROLLER REVIEW. (a) The comptroller
45	45	shall review and approve or deny a request received under Section
46	46	2118.002 as soon as practicable after receipt.
47	47	(b) The comptroller shall communicate to a state agency the
48	48	approval or denial of a request submitted by the agency under
49	49	Section 2118.002 before the passing of any applicable federal
50	50	deadline regarding receipt of the money of which the comptroller is
51	51	made aware in the request.
52	52	Sec. 2118.004. COPY OF REQUEST FOR CERTAIN OFFICIALS. On
53	53	receipt of a request under Section 2118.002, the comptroller shall
54	54	provide a copy of the request to the governor, the lieutenant
55	55	governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the
56	56	chairs of the standing legislative committees with primary
57	57	jurisdiction over appropriations.
58	58	Sec. 2118.005. RULES. The comptroller shall adopt rules
59	59	necessary to administer this chapter, including a rule prescribing
60	60	the form to be used by a state agency for purposes of making a
61	61	request under Section 2118.002.
62	62	SECTION 2. Chapter 2118, Government Code, as added by this
63	63	Act, applies only to federal money made available for receipt by a
64	64	state agency on or after the effective date of this Act.
65	65	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.