89R3853 CS-D
By: Leo Wilson H.B. No. 348
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the database of state expenditures maintained by the
comptroller of public accounts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 403.024(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The comptroller shall establish and post on the Internet
a database of state expenditures, including contracts and grants,
that is electronically searchable by the public except as provided
by Subsection (d). The comptroller shall refer to the database as
the Texas Checkbook and shall develop and maintain an Internet
website separate from the comptroller's Internet website that is
specifically for the purpose of posting the database. The address
of the Internet website must include the term Texas Checkbook. The
database must include:
(1) the amount, date, payor, and payee of
expenditures; and
(2) a listing of state expenditures by:
(A) object of expense with links to the warrant
or check register level; and
(B) to the extent maintained by state agency
accounting systems in a reportable format, class and item levels.
SECTION 2. Section 2054.126(f), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(f) Each state agency that maintains a generally accessible
Internet site or for which a generally accessible Internet site is
maintained shall include a link on the home page of the agency's
Internet site to the state expenditure database established under
Section 403.024. In this subsection, "state agency" has the
meaning assigned by Section 403.013.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.