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1	1	89R334 MP-F
2	2	By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 73
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the creation and duties of the unfunded mandates
10	10	interagency work group.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 320.001, Government Code, is amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 320.001. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this chapter:
15	15	(1) "Interagency work group" means the unfunded
16	16	mandates interagency work group.
17	17	(2) "Mandate" [, "mandate"] means a requirement made
18	18	by a statute enacted by the legislature on or after January 1, 2025
19	19	[1997], that requires a political subdivision to establish, expand,
20	20	or modify a duty or [an] activity in a way that requires the
21	21	expenditure of revenue by the political subdivision that would not
22	22	have been required in the absence of the statutory provision.
23	23	SECTION 2. Chapter 320, Government Code, is amended by
24	24	adding Sections 320.002 and 320.003 to read as follows:
25	25	Sec. 320.002. UNFUNDED MANDATES INTERAGENCY WORK GROUP.
26	26	(a) The unfunded mandates interagency work group consists of:
27	27	(1) the state auditor;
28	28	(2) the director of the Legislative Budget Board;
29	29	(3) the comptroller;
30	30	(4) a senator appointed by the lieutenant governor;
31	31	and
32	32	(5) a member of the house of representatives appointed
33	33	by the speaker of the house of representatives.
34	34	(b) A member of the interagency work group is not entitled
35	35	to additional compensation for service on the work group.
36	36	(c) A member of the interagency work group may collaborate
37	37	with any person employed by the member's agency to complete the
38	38	member's work on the work group.
39	39	(d) The members of the interagency work group may enter into
40	40	an interagency memorandum of understanding regarding the
41	41	completion of the work required by this chapter.
42	42	Sec. 320.003. ADVISORY LIST OF UNFUNDED MANDATES. (a) Not
43	43	later than the September 1 following a regular session of the
44	44	legislature and not later than the 90th day after the last day of a
45	45	special session of the legislature, the interagency work group
46	46	shall publish an advisory list of mandates for which the
47	47	legislature has not provided reimbursement under Subsection (b) and
48	48	that were enacted by the legislature during that legislative
49	49	session. By that same date the interagency work group shall:
50	50	(1) remove from the advisory list of mandates for a
51	51	previous legislative session those mandates for which the
52	52	legislature has provided reimbursement under Subsection (b), those
53	53	that are no longer subject to reimbursement, and those that are no
54	54	longer in effect; and
55	55	(2) add to the advisory list a mandate from a previous
56	56	legislative session for which reimbursement was provided under
57	57	Subsection (b) in the previous session but for which reimbursement
58	58	was not provided in the most recent regular session or in any
59	59	subsequent special sessions.
60	60	(b) A mandate is considered to be a mandate for which the
61	61	legislature has provided reimbursement if the legislature:
62	62	(1) expressly provides by statute enacted by a record
63	63	vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house that the
64	64	mandate is not subject to reimbursement under this section; or
65	65	(2) appropriates or otherwise provides for the payment
66	66	or reimbursement, from a source other than revenue of the political
67	67	subdivision, of the costs incurred in the calendar year by the
68	68	political subdivision in complying with the mandate.
69	69	(c) This section does not apply to a mandate:
70	70	(1) imposed by the legislature or a state agency to
71	71	comply with a requirement of the Texas Constitution, federal law,
72	72	or a court order or to maximize the receipt of federal funds by the
73	73	state in areas such as education, health and human services, and
74	74	criminal justice;
75	75	(2) approved by the voters of this state at a general
76	76	election; or
77	77	(3) affecting employee pensions and benefits.
78	78	SECTION 3. Notwithstanding Section 320.003, Government
79	79	Code, as added by this Act, the unfunded mandates interagency work
80	80	group is not required to publish a report under that section for a
81	81	legislative session beginning before September 1, 2025, until the
82	82	later of September 1, 2025, or the 90th day after the effective date
83	83	of this Act.
84	84	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
85	85	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
86	86	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
87	87	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
88	88	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.