BILL ANALYSIS
By: Woolley
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The Texas Comptroller's Office bears responsibility for collecting state revenue, tracking state expenditures, and monitoring the financial condition of the state. Current law does not allow leading elected officials to request the comptroller to perform administrative, economic, fiscal or policy research or analysis on the state or other political subdivisions. This bill would allow specified state officials to seek the expertise and guidance of the comptroller regarding certain issues.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
The bill amends the Government Code to allow the comptroller--at the request of the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, chair of a standing committee of the legislature, or on the comptroller's own initiative--to perform administrative, economic, fiscal, or policy research or analysis, on specific issues of concern as defined by the bill, on the state or political subdivisions of the state. The bill also allows the comptroller to assist a political subdivision of the state with administrative, economic, fiscal, or policy research or analysis, and allows the comptroller to prepare and distribute reports on any issue researched or analyzed.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Upon passage, or, if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act takes effect September 1, 2007.