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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a report by the Legislative Budget Board on the reliance |
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by this state on certain dedicated revenue for purposes of budget |
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certification. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 322.024(a), (b), and (c), Government |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) In this section, "available dedicated revenue" means |
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revenue that Section 403.095, including any reenactment of Section |
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403.095, makes available for certification under Section 403.121. |
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(b) The board shall: |
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(1) develop and implement a process to review: |
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(A) new legislative enactments that create |
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dedicated revenue; and |
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(B) the appropriation and accumulation of |
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dedicated revenue and available dedicated revenue; |
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(2) develop and implement tools to evaluate the use of |
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available dedicated revenue for state government financing and |
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budgeting; and |
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(3) develop specific and detailed recommendations on |
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actions the legislature may reasonably take to reduce state |
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government's reliance on available dedicated revenue for the |
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purposes of certification under Section 403.121 as authorized by |
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Section 403.095 or by any reenactment of Section 403.095. |
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(c) The board shall: |
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(1) incorporate into the board's budget |
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recommendations for each state fiscal biennium appropriate |
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measures to reduce state government's reliance on available |
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dedicated revenue for the purposes of certification under Section |
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403.121 as authorized by Section 403.095 or by any reenactment of |
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Section 403.095; and |
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(2) [shall] include with the budget recommendations |
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for each state fiscal biennium a plan adopted by the board [plans] |
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for further reducing state government's reliance on available |
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dedicated revenue for those purposes for the three state fiscal |
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bienniums that follow the adoption of those budget recommendations |
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[succeeding six years]. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |