SRC-TBR H.B. 2071 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 2071
77R2039 YDB-DBy: Junell (Haywood)
Finance
5/4/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the statewide cost allocation program (program) is managed by
the governor's office and identifies the costs of general government
services provided by state agencies to other state agencies. Under the
program agencies are billed for these costs and required to recover them
from either fees or federal programs.  The state has no formal methodology
for tracking the recovery of allocated statewide costs.  H.B. 2071 sets
forth a methodology by which statewide costs are allocated. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

Rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the comptroller in SECTION 2
(Section 2106.006, Government Code) of this bill. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 2106.002(b), Government Code, to require the
plan to allocate to each state agency an appropriate portion of the total
costs of statewide support services, including costs identified under
Subdivision (1) and develop and prescribe a billing procedure that ensures
each state agency is billed for all costs allocated to the agency under
Subdivision (2) for which the agency is not obligated to pay another state
agency under other law. 

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 2106.006, Government Code, as follows:

(a)  Requires that, subject to Subsection (c), a state agency send to the
comptroller for deposit to the credit of the general revenue fund certain
funds. 

(b)  Requires the comptroller, subject to Subsection (c), to the extent the
amount billed under Section 2106.002(b) is not totally paid under
Subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2), to  transfer to the general revenue fund the
appropriate amount charged against items of appropriation in connection
with which the remaining unpaid statewide allocated costs were incurred. 

(c)  Authorizes the legislature to provide in the General Appropriations
Act that payment of the amount billed under Section 2106.002(b) is waived
to the extent payment would be made from a state agency's general revenue
appropriation. 

(d)  Requires a state agency to send to the comptroller information the
comptroller requires to transfer amounts under Subsection (b). 

(e)  Requires the comptroller to adopt rules necessary to prescribe the
timing and method of transfers under this section and the manner in which a
state agency shall send to the comptroller information the comptroller
requires to transfer amounts under Subsection (b). 

SECTION 3.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.