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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to achievement benchmarks in fiscal notes and to |
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legislative review of those benchmarks. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 314, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 314.006 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 314.006. PURPOSE STATEMENT AND BENCHMARKS; |
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LEGISLATIVE REVIEW. (a) The Legislative Budget Board shall include |
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in any fiscal note attached to a bill that authorizes or requires |
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the expenditure or diversion of state funds: |
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(1) a statement of the purposes of the bill; and |
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(2) a set of reasonable benchmarks that provide a |
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mechanism for measuring whether and to what degree the bill's |
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purposes have been achieved. |
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(b) In preparing the statement and benchmarks under |
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Subsection (a), the board shall coordinate with the author or |
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sponsor of the bill to determine the purposes of the bill and to set |
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reasonable benchmarks. |
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(c) Before the first day of the third regular legislative |
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session after a bill subject to this section becomes law, the board |
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shall evaluate whether the benchmarks required under Subsection (a) |
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have been met and shall provide to the lieutenant governor and the |
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speaker of the house of representatives a report on its findings |
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regarding each bill subject to review under this section. |
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(d) If the report submitted under Subsection (c) indicates |
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that the board finds a benchmark has not been met, the legislature |
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shall review the statutes enacted or amended by the bill to |
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determine whether: |
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(1) additional expenditure or diversion of state funds |
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should be made to fund the purposes of the bill; or |
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(2) the statutes enacted or amended by the bill should |
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be repealed or amended. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to bills filed on or after |
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September 1, 2011. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |