By Ramsay H.B. No. 2869
77R7591 JMG-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the creation of the Texas County Financial Data
1-3 Advisory Committee.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 114, Local Government Code, is amended by
1-6 adding Subchapter E to read as follows:
1-7 SUBCHAPTER E. COUNTY FINANCIAL DATA ADVISORY COMMITTEE
1-8 Sec. 114.081. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
1-9 (1) "Committee" means the Texas County Financial Data
1-10 Advisory Committee.
1-11 (2) "Comptroller" means the comptroller of public
1-12 accounts.
1-13 Sec. 114.082. COUNTY FINANCIAL DATA ADVISORY COMMITTEE;
1-14 DUTIES. (a) The Texas County Financial Data Advisory Committee is
1-15 established to study county financial reporting requirements and
1-16 systems and make recommendations to the legislature on ways in
1-17 which the collection and use of county financial data can be
1-18 improved without resulting in additional costs to counties.
1-19 (b) The recommendations shall address the following issues
1-20 as they relate to county financial reporting requirements:
1-21 (1) uniformity;
1-22 (2) duplicative reporting requirements;
1-23 (3) the Government Accounting Standards Board's most
1-24 recent reporting standards;
2-1 (4) electronic filing; and
2-2 (5) costs associated with meeting the requirements.
2-3 (c) The committee shall develop and recommend:
2-4 (1) a consolidated uniform financial reporting
2-5 procedure that does not impose a greater reporting burden on
2-6 counties than current practices; and
2-7 (2) a voluntary uniform chart of accounts for
2-8 counties.
2-9 Sec. 114.083. MEMBERSHIP; OFFICERS. (a) The committee
2-10 consists of the following members:
2-11 (1) one county judge or commissioner appointed by the
2-12 Texas Conference of Urban Counties;
2-13 (2) one county judge or commissioner appointed by the
2-14 County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas;
2-15 (3) two county auditors appointed by the Texas
2-16 Association of County Auditors;
2-17 (4) two county treasurers appointed by the Texas
2-18 Association of County Treasurers;
2-19 (5) one county official, other than a county judge,
2-20 commissioner, auditor, or treasurer, appointed by the executive
2-21 director of the Texas Association of Counties;
2-22 (6) one county budget officer appointed by the Texas
2-23 Conference of Urban Cities;
2-24 (7) the comptroller or the comptroller's designee;
2-25 (8) the executive director of the Texas Conference of
2-26 Urban Counties or the executive director's designee;
2-27 (9) the executive director of the Texas Association of
3-1 Counties or the executive director's designee;
3-2 (10) the general counsel of the County Judges and
3-3 Commissioners Association of Texas or the general counsel's
3-4 designee; and
3-5 (11) any nonvoting members the other committee members
3-6 consider appropriate.
3-7 (b) The committee shall elect, by simple majority, a
3-8 presiding officer from among the committee members. The presiding
3-9 officer serves in that capacity for a period not to exceed two
3-10 years.
3-11 (c) Appointed members of the committee serve at the pleasure
3-12 of the appointing authority. If a member of the committee holds a
3-13 public office, service on the committee is an additional duty of
3-14 that office.
3-15 Sec. 114.084. MEETINGS. The committee shall meet quarterly
3-16 on dates determined by the presiding officer and may hold other
3-17 meetings at the call of the presiding officer.
3-18 Sec. 114.085. PERSONNEL AND SUPPORT. (a) The comptroller,
3-19 the Texas Association of Counties, and the Conference of Urban
3-20 Counties shall provide by agreement for the staff and other
3-21 resources necessary for the operations of the committee.
3-22 (b) The committee may accept a gift, grant, or donation from
3-23 any person.
3-24 (c) A member of the committee may not receive compensation
3-25 but is entitled to reimbursement for travel expenses incurred by
3-26 the member while conducting the business of the committee, as
3-27 provided in the General Appropriations Act.
4-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.