SRC-TJG C.S.S.B. 1005 78(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 1005
78R11695 JRD-DBy: West, Royce
Finance
4/9/2003
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the State Auditor's Office and the Texas Building and
Procurement Commission are required to collaborate on periodically
monitoring state agency compliance with Section 2161.123 (Strategic
Planning), Government Code.  The state auditor is required to report the
state agencies found to be in noncompliance to the Building and
Procurement Commission. C.S.S.B. 1005 would add the Senate Finance
Committee and the House Appropriations Committee to the list of entities
to be notified of agency noncompliance. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Sections 2161.123(d) and (f), Government Code, as
follows: 

(d) Adds the Senate Finance Committee and the House Appropriations
Committee to the list of entities to be notified by the state auditor of
state agency noncompliance with this section. 

(f) Requires certain entities to take certain actions if the state auditor
reports under Subsection (d) that a state agency is not complying with
this section. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2003.

SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES

Differs from original by amending Section 2161.123(f), Government Code.