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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the amount and disposition of funds retained by a state |
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agency under the savings incentive program for state agencies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2108.103, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 2108.103. RETENTION OF FUNDS. (a) The affected |
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agency retains [one-fourth of] the full amount of savings verified |
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by the comptroller [, not to exceed one percent of the amount of
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undedicated general revenue derived from nonfederal sources
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appropriated to the agency for the fiscal year in which the savings
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are realized]. |
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(b) Savings retained under this section may only be |
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appropriated by the legislature to the affected agency. |
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(c) The administrative head of the agency shall determine |
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how to spend the savings. The agency may spend the savings only on |
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an activity or expense that [does not]: |
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(1) does not create new or expanded services; [or] |
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(2) does not require ongoing funding at a later date; |
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and |
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(3) the administrative head of the agency determines |
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will enhance the agency's ability to perform the agency's duties. |
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(d) The agency may spend the savings on one-time merit |
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payments to employees in accordance with Section 659.255. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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2108.103, Government Code, apply beginning with savings made during |
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the fiscal year ending August 31, 2010. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |