By: Shapiro S.B. No. 1226
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study of the reporting requirements imposed on public
institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.051, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-4) to read as follows:
(a-4) The board and the Legislative Budget Board jointly
shall study each reporting requirement imposed on an institution of
higher education by state law, including by board or other state
agency rule, to determine if any of those requirements are
duplicative, inefficient, or unnecessary. As part of the biennial
report submitted by the board to the 80th Legislature under
Subsection (a-3), the board and the Legislative Budget Board
jointly shall report the results of the study to the legislature.
The report must include any recommendation of the board and the
Legislative Budget Board for legislation or administrative action,
including changes to state agency rules, to consolidate or simplify
reports, eliminate unnecessary reporting requirements, or make
other changes to promote efficiency or reduce administrative
burdens in reporting. A recommendation under this subsection must
include an explanation of the basis for the recommendation. Not
later than December 1, 2006, the board and the Legislative Budget
Board shall submit a copy of the report required by this subsection
to the governor, lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house
of representatives. This subsection expires January 31, 2007.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.