Enrolled Bill Summary

Under the Self-Directed Semi-Independent Agency Project Act, the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy, the Texas Board of Professional Engineers, and the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners approve their own budgets and retain and manage much of their fee revenue rather than being included under the General Appropriations Act. Senate Bill 1382 continues the Act for another six years, to September 1, 2009. The bill revises the statutory amounts that the three agencies must remit to the general revenue fund and contains provisions specifying the amount of revenue from enforcement actions that each may retain. Other provisions require reporting of gifts, grants, or donations and prohibit acceptance of a gift, grant, or donation from a party to an enforcement action or to pursue a specific investigation or enforcement action.