| TO: | Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives |
| FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB1781 by Price (Relating to obsolete or redundant reporting requirements applicable to state agencies. ), As Passed 2nd House |
The bill would amend Chapter 2052 of the Government Code to create a new examination of statutory reporting requirements. Not later than August 1, 2012, the Executive Director of each state agency would be required to examine the agency's statutory reporting requirements and identify reports that are determined to be unnecessary, redundant, or required to be provided at a frequency for which data is not available. An electronic report would be created and provided to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, chair of the House Committee on Government Efficiency and Reform, chair of the Senate Committee on Government Organization, chair of each standing committee of the Senate and House of Representatives with jurisdiction over the agency, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, and Legislative Budget Board. Reports submitted may not include reporting requirements that are required by federal law. This section would expire September 1, 2014. The bill would require the Sunset Commission to review and make recommendations on agency reporting requirements as part of the Sunset review process.
The bill eliminates several reports that are either completed by or submitted to the Office of the Attorney General and other state agencies.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2011.
This analysis assumes that the requirements of the bill could be accomplished with existing resources.
| Source Agencies: | 301 Office of the Governor, 302 Office of the Attorney General, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 116 Sunset Advisory Commission
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, KM, JI, PM
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