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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting by state agencies on the financial effect of |
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providing services to illegal immigrants. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 2052, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 2052.004 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2052.004. LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS REQUEST |
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SUPPORTING SCHEDULE ON FINANCIAL EFFECT OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION. |
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(a) In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 2103.001. |
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(b) Each state agency must include with the agency's |
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legislative appropriations request a supporting schedule that |
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provides an accounting of amounts spent by the agency during the |
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state fiscal biennium preceding the biennium for which the |
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legislative appropriations request is made to directly or |
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indirectly provide services to persons who were not lawfully |
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present in the United States, subject to Subsection (e). |
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(c) A state agency that distributes money to a local |
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governmental entity, including a school district, must include in |
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the agency's accounting required by Subsection (b) the amounts |
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distributed to a local governmental entity that the entity spent |
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during the period described by Subsection (b) to provide services |
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to persons who were not lawfully present in the United States, |
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subject to Subsection (e). |
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(d) A state agency, through the agency's governing body or |
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chief administrative officer, as appropriate, may adopt rules |
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requiring local governmental entities to which the agency |
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distributes money to provide sufficiently detailed information to |
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the agency to the extent practicable that will enable the agency to |
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comply with the requirements of Subsection (c). |
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(e) A state agency that does not have available data |
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sufficient to provide the accounting required by Subsection (b), |
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or, if applicable, to include the additional amounts required by |
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Subsection (c), shall base the accounting and included additional |
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amounts on the agency's best estimates of the relevant data. In |
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making those estimates, the agency may use data collected or |
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statistics made available to the agency by sources outside the |
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agency, including community organizations. |
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(f) The Legislative Budget Board shall: |
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(1) compile information reported by state agencies as |
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required by Subsection (b) into a single report; |
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(2) include in the report a summary of the financial |
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effect of state agencies' direct and indirect provision of services |
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to persons who were not lawfully present in the United States; and |
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(3) not later than December 1 of each even-numbered |
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year, submit the report to the presiding officer of each standing |
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committee of the senate and house of representatives having primary |
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jurisdiction over matters relating to state finance and |
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appropriations from the state treasury. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |