| 1 | 1 | | 89R15289 GP-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Money H.B. No. 4008 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to a study by the office of the governor regarding the |
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| 10 | 10 | | implementation in this state of the processes and methodologies |
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| 11 | 11 | | used by the United States DOGE Service. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) "Office" means the office of the governor. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) "Service" means the United States DOGE Service |
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| 16 | 16 | | established in the executive office of the president of the United |
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| 17 | 17 | | States by Executive Order No. 14158 (2025). |
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| 18 | 18 | | (3) "State agency" means a department, commission, |
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| 19 | 19 | | board, office, council, authority, or other agency in the executive |
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| 20 | 20 | | branch of state government that is created by the constitution or a |
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| 21 | 21 | | statute of this state, including a university system or institution |
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| 22 | 22 | | of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. STUDY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CERTAIN EFFICIENCY |
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| 24 | 24 | | PROCESSES AND METHODOLOGIES. (a) The office shall conduct a study |
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| 25 | 25 | | to evaluate the feasibility and benefits of adopting the service's |
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| 26 | 26 | | processes and methodologies for use in this state to identify and |
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| 27 | 27 | | eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse at state agencies. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) At a minimum, the study must: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) analyze the service's methodologies, including |
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| 30 | 30 | | data analytics, process improvement, and oversight mechanisms; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) compare the existing practices of state agencies |
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| 32 | 32 | | with the standards developed and used by the service to review |
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| 33 | 33 | | federal agencies to identify discrepancies and areas for |
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| 34 | 34 | | improvement at state agencies; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (3) assess the potential cost savings, efficiency |
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| 36 | 36 | | gains, and improvements in service delivery at state agencies if |
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| 37 | 37 | | the service's processes and methodologies were adopted by this |
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| 38 | 38 | | state; |
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| 39 | 39 | | (4) make recommendations on how the service's |
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| 40 | 40 | | processes and methodologies can be tailored to fit the legal, |
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| 41 | 41 | | administrative, and cultural contexts of this state and the |
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| 42 | 42 | | operations of state agencies; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | (5) analyze the legal and constitutional |
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| 44 | 44 | | considerations, if any, of adopting the service's processes and |
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| 45 | 45 | | methodologies for use in this state. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 3. REPORT. (a) The office shall prepare and submit |
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| 47 | 47 | | a report to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of |
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| 48 | 48 | | representatives, and each other member of the legislature not later |
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| 49 | 49 | | than December 1, 2026. |
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| 50 | 50 | | (b) The report must include: |
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| 51 | 51 | | (1) the findings of the study conduced under Section 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of this Act; |
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| 53 | 53 | | (2) the office's recommendations regarding the |
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| 54 | 54 | | implementation of the service's processes and methodologies in this |
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| 55 | 55 | | state, including, if applicable, a timeline for implementation that |
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| 56 | 56 | | may provide for the processes and methodologies to be phased in over |
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| 57 | 57 | | time; |
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| 58 | 58 | | (3) if appropriate, proposed legislation necessary to |
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| 59 | 59 | | implement the service's processes and methodologies that the office |
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| 60 | 60 | | recommends be adopted by this state; and |
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| 61 | 61 | | (4) an estimate of resources required, including |
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| 62 | 62 | | funding and personnel, to implement the service's processes and |
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| 63 | 63 | | methodologies that the office recommends be adopted by this state. |
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| 64 | 64 | | (c) The office shall publish the report in a publicly |
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| 65 | 65 | | accessible location on the office's Internet website. |
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| 66 | 66 | | SECTION 4. EXPIRATION. This Act expires September 1, 2027. |
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| 67 | 67 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 68 | 68 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 69 | 69 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 70 | 70 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 71 | 71 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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