| TO: | Honorable Eddie Lucio, Jr., Chair, Senate Committee on International Relations & Trade |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB827 by Zaffirini (Relating to a system for tracking the progress of state-funded projects that benefit colonias and the submission of a related report to the legislature.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend Government Code, Water Code, and Transportation Code to require the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a classification system to track state-funded projects related to water/wastewater services or paved roads to colonias and to compile information reported to the Secretary of State by the Office of Rural Community Affairs, the Texas Water Development Board, and the Texas Transportation Commission for the classification system.
The bill would require the Secretary of State to report information tracked by the classification system to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature in even-numbered years.
The bill would allow the Secretary of State to contract with a third-party to develop the classification system or compile the required information, which the agency estimates to cost $3,000 per fiscal year out of General Revenue funds.
It is anticipated that any costs related to implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed by existing resources.
| Source Agencies: | 307 Secretary of State, 357 Office of Rural Community Affairs, 580 Water Development Board, 601 Department of Transportation
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, CL, TL, NR
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