By: Truan S.B. No. 1332
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to analyses of agency and state proposals and programs and
1-2 of the effects of proposed legislation and planning.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 322.011, Government Code,
1-5 is amended to read as follows:
1-6 (b) The board may <shall> evaluate the programs and
1-7 operations of any <each> institution, department, agency, or
1-8 commission that received an appropriation in the most recent
1-9 General Appropriations Act. An institution, department, agency, or
1-10 commission may not be evaluated until after the end of the first
1-11 full fiscal year of its operation.
1-12 SECTION 2. Sections 1, 2, and 3, Article 6252-31, Revised
1-13 Statutes, as added by Chapter 384, Acts of the 72nd Legislature,
1-14 Regular Session, 1991, are amended to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 1. Definitions. In this Act:
1-16 (1) "Agency" means a department, commission, board,
1-17 office, or other entity of state government, including a university
1-18 system and an institution of higher education as defined by Section
1-19 61.003, Education Code, but excluding the office of the Lieutenant
1-20 Governor, that:
1-21 (A) has authority that is not limited to a
1-22 geographical portion of the state;
1-23 (B) was created by the constitution or a state
1-24 statute with an ongoing mission and responsibilities;
2-1 (C) is not within the judicial or legislative
2-2 branch of government;
2-3 (D) is not a committee created under state law
2-4 whose primary function is to advise an agency;
2-5 (E) has independent administrative authority and
2-6 resources; and
2-7 (F) is not a state-funded junior or community
2-8 college <an agency, board, commission, or other office of the
2-9 executive branch of state government, except the office of the
2-10 Lieutenant Governor>.
2-11 (2) "Capital improvement" means any building or
2-12 infrastructure project that will be owned by the state and built
2-13 with direct appropriations or with the proceeds of state-issued
2-14 bonds designed to be repaid with the general revenues of the state.
2-15 The term does not include a building or project financed with bonds
2-16 that, although backed by the full faith and credit of the state,
2-17 are reasonably expected to be paid from revenue sources other than
2-18 general revenues.
2-19 (3) "Plan" means a strategic plan as required by this
2-20 Act.
2-21 Sec. 2. Strategic plans. (a) Each agency shall develop a
2-22 strategic plan for its operations in accordance with the provisions
2-23 of this Act and the goals established hereunder. The Legislative
2-24 Budget Board and the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning shall
2-25 determine the elements required to be included in each agency's
2-26 strategic plan. Unless modified by the Legislative Budget Board
2-27 and the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning, each <The> plan
3-1 shall include each of the following items or an explanation why an
3-2 item does not apply to the agency:<.>
3-3 (1) A statement of the mission, goals, and objectives
3-4 of the agency;
3-5 (2) Measures of the output and outcome of the agency
3-6 in terms of indicators to be developed under this Act;
3-7 (3) Identification of priority and other service
3-8 populations, or other service measures, under current law and how
3-9 those populations are expected to change within the period of the
3-10 plan;
3-11 (4) An analysis of the use of current agency resources
3-12 in meeting current needs and expected future needs, and additional
3-13 resources that may be necessary to meet future needs;
3-14 (5) An analysis of any likely or expected changes in
3-15 the services provided by that agency due to changes in state or
3-16 federal law;
3-17 (6) Plans and strategies for meeting current and
3-18 future needs and achieving the goals established for the particular
3-19 area of state government; <and>
3-20 (7) A description of the capital improvement needs of
3-21 the agency during the period covered by the plan;
3-22 (8) A prioritization, if appropriate, of the capital
3-23 improvement needs of the agency during the period; and
3-24 (9) Other information that may be required.
3-25 (b) Each agency shall issue a plan <not later than March 1
3-26 of> each even-numbered year. The plan will cover a period of five
3-27 fiscal years beginning with the next odd-numbered fiscal year <six
4-1 years from the date that it is required to be issued>. The Texas
4-2 Higher Education Coordinating Board, in conjunction with all
4-3 state-funded junior and community colleges, shall develop a
4-4 consolidated public junior and community college strategic plan
4-5 under this Act.
4-6 (c) Each agency shall send a copy of each plan issued to the
4-7 Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House, the
4-8 Legislative Budget Board, the Sunset Commission, the State Auditor,
4-9 and the Comptroller, and two copies to the Legislative Reference
4-10 Library and the state publications clearinghouse of the Texas State
4-11 Library.
4-12 (d) Compilation of State Agency Plan.
4-13 (1) The Governor's Office of Budget and Planning and
4-14 the Legislative Budget Board shall develop forms and instructions
4-15 for the use of the agencies in the preparation of their plans.
4-16 (2) The Governor's Office of Budget and Planning and
4-17 the Legislative Budget Board shall work with individual agencies to
4-18 determine acceptable measures of <workload, output, and> outcome,
4-19 output, unit cost, and cost effectiveness for use in plans.
4-20 (3) Upon receipt of the individual agency plans, the
4-21 Governor's Office of Budget and Planning and the Legislative Budget
4-22 Board may <shall> work together to compile a long-range strategic
4-23 plan for state government based on the individual agency plans.
4-24 (4) If additional information is required concerning
4-25 any agency plan submitted, the Governor's Office of Budget and
4-26 Planning or the Legislative Budget Board may request such
4-27 information from the agency and the information shall be supplied
5-1 in a timely fashion.
5-2 (5) The Legislative Budget Board, together with the
5-3 Governor's Office of Budget and Planning, may hold hearings on any
5-4 matter required by this Act.
5-5 <(6) The final compiled report shall be submitted to
5-6 the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Comptroller, and each
5-7 member of the Legislature not later than September 1 of each
5-8 even-numbered year.>
5-9 Sec. 3. Goals for state government. (a) The governor, in
5-10 cooperation with the Legislative Budget Board, shall establish and
5-11 adopt goals for achievement for each functional area of state
5-12 government. Unless modified by the Governor's Office of Budget and
5-13 Planning and the Legislative Budget Board, these functional areas
5-14 shall<, to> include:
5-15 (1) Education;
5-16 (2) Regulation <Regulatory>;
5-17 (3) Natural Resources;
5-18 (4) Health;
5-19 (5) Human Services;
5-20 (6) Transportation;
5-21 (7) Public Safety and Corrections;
5-22 (8) General Government; and
5-23 (9) State Employee Benefits.
5-24 (b) A statement of the goals in each applicable functional
5-25 area shall be provided to each state agency <not later than October
5-26 1 of each odd-numbered year>.
5-27 SECTION 3. Subsection (c), Section 4, Article 6252-31,
6-1 Revised Statutes, as added by Chapter 384, Acts of the 72nd
6-2 Legislature, Regular Session, 1991, is amended to read as follows:
6-3 (c) The information shall be provided not later than March 1
6-4 <September 1> of each even-numbered <odd-numbered> year.
6-5 SECTION 4. Section 7, Article 6252-31, Revised Statutes, as
6-6 added by Chapter 384, Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular
6-7 Session, 1991, is amended to read as follows:
6-8 Sec. 7. Comptroller's review. The Comptroller may
6-9 periodically review and analyze the effectiveness and efficiency of
6-10 the policies, management, fiscal affairs, and operations of state
6-11 agencies, and shall report the Comptroller's <his> findings to the
6-12 Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House of
6-13 Representatives. The Legislature may consider the Comptroller's
6-14 reports in connection with the legislative appropriations process.
6-15 SECTION 5. (a) The Legislative Budget Board shall examine
6-16 methods to identify and quantify the spending interrelationships
6-17 between functional areas, agencies, goals, objectives, and
6-18 strategies.
6-19 (b) In examining these methods, the board shall consider
6-20 interrelationships that are caused by increased or decreased need
6-21 for state spending by various population groups as well as
6-22 interrelationships that result from requirements or prohibitions
6-23 provided by federal and state statutes and case law. The board
6-24 shall consider demographic projections as well as state revenue
6-25 projections.
6-26 (c) The board may apply methods examined under this section
6-27 in a pilot program involving the analysis of budget proposals or
7-1 agency strategic plans in one or more functional areas or of one or
7-2 more state agencies.
7-3 (d) All state agencies shall cooperate with the board in its
7-4 performance of its functions under this section.
7-5 (e) The board shall report to the 74th Legislature its
7-6 findings and recommendations regarding feasible methodologies and
7-7 potential applications to the state's strategic planning,
7-8 budgeting, and legislative processes. The recommendations shall
7-9 address existing and proposed goals, objectives, and strategies as
7-10 outlined in the state's strategic plan and the General
7-11 Appropriations Act.
7-12 SECTION 6. The following provisions are repealed:
7-13 (1) Subchapter F, Chapter 316, Government Code;
7-14 (2) Section 7B, Chapter 1078, Acts of the 70th
7-15 Legislature, Regular Session, 1987 (Article 717k-7, Vernon's Texas
7-16 Civil Statutes);
7-17 (3) Section 8, Article 6252-31, Revised Statutes, as
7-18 added by Chapter 384, Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular
7-19 Session, 1991; and
7-20 (4) Article 6252-32, Revised Statutes.
7-21 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the
7-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
7-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
7-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
7-25 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.