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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to information included in legislative appropriations |
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requests of state agencies and in the budgets submitted by the |
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governor and the Legislative Budget Board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 322.008(c), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) Not later than the fifth day after a regular legislative |
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session convenes, the director shall transmit a copy of the budget |
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of estimated appropriations prepared by the director to the |
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governor and each member of the legislature. The budget must |
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reflect for each strategic agency objective specific amounts for |
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sub-strategies identified in the agency's legislative |
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appropriations request. |
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SECTION 2. Section 401.042(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The governor may collaborate with the Legislative |
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Budget Board in designing and preparing uniform budget estimate |
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forms on which all requests for legislative appropriations must be |
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prepared. The forms must provide for the appropriations requests |
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to disclose for each broad strategic agency objective specific |
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sub-strategy information that supports the requested amounts and |
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that indicates in detail how much the agency intends to spend on |
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each sub-strategy. |
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SECTION 3. Section 401.0445(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) In the budget, the governor shall show: |
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(1) the list of appropriations for the current year |
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preceding the biennium for which appropriations are sought and |
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recommended; |
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(2) expenditures for each of the two full years |
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preceding the current year; and |
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(3) the amounts requested by the various agencies and |
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the amounts recommended by the governor for each of the years of the |
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biennium, including for each broad strategic agency objective |
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specific amounts for the detailed sub-strategies identified in the |
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agency's legislative appropriations request. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |