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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an analysis of available federal funding, state-federal |
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matching expenditures, and related legislation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 403.0303 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 403.0303. ANALYSIS OF AVAILABLE FEDERAL MONEY. (a) |
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For each state fiscal biennium, the comptroller shall prepare a |
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report regarding federal money available to this state for |
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state-federal matching expenditures and for other purposes. |
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(b) The report must identify: |
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(1) the amounts of state money expended each state |
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fiscal year of the then current state fiscal biennium on each |
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program or project that attracts federal matching money and the |
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amount of federal matching money for each program; |
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(2) for each of those programs identified under |
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Subdivision (1), the maximum amount of federal matching money this |
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state could qualify for during the succeeding state fiscal biennium |
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and the amount of expenditures of state money necessary for this |
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state to qualify for that maximum amount; |
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(3) additional programs or projects for which this |
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state could qualify for federal matching money during the |
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succeeding state fiscal biennium and the amount of expenditures of |
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state money necessary for this state to qualify for the maximum |
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amount available for those programs or projects; and |
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(4) the amount of money this state received in the then |
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current state fiscal biennium from federal sources and a comparison |
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of that amount to amounts received during that period by other |
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states. |
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(c) The report must include: |
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(1) an analysis of legislation enacted by the |
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legislature in the preceding two years that affects this state's |
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ability to attract or qualify for money from federal sources; and |
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(2) the comptroller's recommendations for changes in |
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legislation or in this state's budget for the purpose of maximizing |
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this state's receipt of money from federal sources. |
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(d) On or before the first day the legislature convenes in a |
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regular session, the comptroller shall publish the report prepared |
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under this section on the comptroller's publicly available Internet |
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website and provide the report to the governor, the lieutenant |
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governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |