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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to Legislative Budget Board review of and reports to |
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certain state officials concerning the primary state statutes |
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governing public education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 2, Education Code, is amended |
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by adding Chapter 6 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 6. LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD REVIEW OF TITLES 1 AND 2; |
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REPORTS TO STATE OFFICIALS |
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Sec. 6.001. REVIEW; REPORTS. The Legislative Budget Board |
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shall review the chapters of this title and Title 1 on a 10-year |
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cycle. Based on each review, the board shall submit a written |
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report on the chapters reviewed to the governor, the lieutenant |
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governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the |
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chair of each standing committee of the legislature with primary |
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jurisdiction over public education. |
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Sec. 6.002. RECOMMENDATIONS. (a) Each report submitted |
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under Section 6.001 must include any Legislative Budget Board |
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recommendation that one or more provisions subject to review be: |
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(1) eliminated; or |
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(2) amended to improve the effectiveness of the |
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provision or of this state's public education system. |
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(b) Each recommendation under Subsection (a) must include a |
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brief explanation of the basis for the recommendation. |
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Sec. 6.003. ESTABLISHMENT OF CYCLE. (a) The first cycle of |
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the Legislative Budget Board's review of and reports concerning the |
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chapters of this title and Title 1, as required by Section 6.001, |
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shall be implemented as follows: |
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(1) not later than December 1, 2010, the board shall |
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submit the board's first-cycle report on Chapters 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, |
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13, and 30; |
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(2) not later than December 1, 2012, the board shall |
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submit the board's first-cycle report on Chapters 34, 41, 42, 43, |
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44, 45, and 46; |
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(3) not later than December 1, 2014, the board shall |
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submit the board's first-cycle report on Chapters 12, 21, and 22; |
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(4) not later than December 1, 2016, the board shall |
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submit the board's first-cycle report on Chapters 18, 19, 25, 26, |
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28, 29, 30A, 31, 32, 33, 37, and 38; and |
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(5) not later than December 1, 2018, the board shall |
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submit the board's first-cycle report on Chapter 39. |
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(b) The board shall submit a subsequent report on each group |
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of the chapters described by Subsection (a)(1), (2), (3), (4), or |
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(5) not later than the 10th anniversary of the due date of the most |
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recent report on those chapters but may modify the reporting cycle |
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to the extent necessary to take into account changes in law, |
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including changes in the organization of the law. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |