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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the powers and duties of the Legislative Budget Board, |
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including the receipt of reports by the board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 316, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 316.010 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 316.010. ADJUSTING THE COMPOSITION OF FUND AND ACCOUNT |
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BALANCES. (a) The comptroller may, as necessary to ensure |
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compliance with the limit on the rate of growth of appropriations |
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prescribed by Section 22, Article VIII, Texas Constitution, adjust |
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the composition of fund and account balances without making any net |
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change in the amount of a fund or account balance and without |
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changing the amount of an appropriation. |
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(b) The comptroller shall report any adjustment made under |
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Subsection (a) to the Legislative Budget Board. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2054.102(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The Legislative Budget Board may specify procedures for |
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the submission, review, approval, and disapproval of biennial |
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operating plans and amendments, including procedures for review or |
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reconsideration of the Legislative Budget Board's disapproval of a |
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biennial operating plan or biennial operating plan amendment. [The
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Legislative Budget Board shall review and approve or disapprove the
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biennial operating plan or biennial operating plan amendment not
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later than the 60th day after the date the plan or amendment to the
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plan is submitted. The plan or amendment to the plan is considered
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to be approved on the 61st day after the date the plan or amendment
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is submitted if the Legislative Budget Board does not disapprove
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the plan or amendment before that date.] |
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SECTION 3. Section 19.0041, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 19.0041. EVALUATION OF TRAINING SERVICES. (a) To |
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evaluate the effectiveness of training services provided to persons |
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confined or imprisoned in the department, the Windham School |
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District shall consult with the Criminal Justice Legislative |
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Oversight Committee [Legislative Budget Board] to compile and |
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analyze information for each person who receives the training |
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services. This information shall include an evaluation of: |
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(1) the kind of training services provided; |
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(2) the kind of employment the person obtains on |
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release; |
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(3) whether the employment was related to training; |
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(4) the difference between the amount of the person's |
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earnings on the date employment is obtained following release and |
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the amount of those earnings on the first anniversary of that date; |
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and |
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(5) the retention factors associated with the |
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employment. |
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(b) The district [Legislative Budget Board] shall submit an |
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annual report to the Criminal Justice Legislative Oversight |
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Committee, [legislature and] the governor's office, and the |
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Legislative Budget Board based on data compiled and analyzed under |
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Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 4. Not later than December 1, 2009, the Windham |
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School District shall submit the first report to the Criminal |
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Justice Legislative Oversight Committee, the governor's office, |
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and the Legislative Budget Board as required by Section 19.0041(b), |
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Education Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 5. Section 322.016(b), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |