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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to interim budget reduction requests. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 322.022 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 322.022. PUBLIC HEARING ON INTERIM BUDGET REDUCTION |
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REQUEST. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Interim budget reduction request" means a request |
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communicated in any manner for a state agency to make adjustments to |
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the strategies, methods of finance, performance measures, or riders |
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applicable to the agency through the state budget in effect on the |
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date the request is communicated that, if implemented, would reduce |
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the agency's total expenditures for the current state fiscal |
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biennium to an amount less than the total amount that otherwise |
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would be permissible based on the appropriations made to the agency |
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in the budget. |
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(2) "State agency" means an office, department, board, |
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commission, institution, or other entity to which a legislative |
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appropriation is made. |
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(b) A state agency shall provide to the board a detailed |
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report of any expenditure reduction plan that: |
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(1) the agency develops in response to an interim |
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budget reduction request made by the governor, the lieutenant |
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governor, or a member of the legislature, or any combination of |
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those persons; and |
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(2) if implemented, would reduce the agency's total |
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expenditures for the current state fiscal biennium to an amount |
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less than the total amount that otherwise would be permissible |
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based on the appropriations made to the agency in the state budget |
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for the biennium. |
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(c) The board shall hold a public hearing to solicit |
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testimony on an expenditure reduction plan a state agency reports |
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to the board as required by Subsection (b) as soon as practicable |
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after receiving the report. The agency may not implement any |
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element of the plan until the conclusion of the hearing. |
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(d) This section does not apply to an expenditure reduction |
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a state agency desires to make that does not directly or indirectly |
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result from an interim budget reduction request made by the |
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governor, the lieutenant governor, or a member of the legislature, |
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or any combination of those persons. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |