Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered provision under the Article I appropriations to the comptroller (page I-21):

____. Report on General Revenue Collections. (a) It is the intent of the legislature that, to improve transparency and ensure that information relating to state revenue is available to members of the legislature, the comptroller, using funds appropriated to the comptroller above, shall prepare and submit to each member of the legislature a monthly report that covers the preceding month and includes:

(1)  the amount of money that was deposited in each account in the general revenue fund during the relevant reporting period and the source of that money;

(2)  the total amount of money collected by the state during the relevant reporting period and the source of that money;

(3)  a comparison, for the period covered by the report, of the actual revenue collected and the estimated amount of anticipated revenue contained in the comptroller's statement required by Section 49a, Article III, Texas Constitution; and

(4)  if the comptroller updates the statement required under Section 49a, Article III, Texas Constitution, during the reporting period, a complete explanation of the update, including the amount and source of the money that is the subject of the update.

(b)  The comptroller shall submit the first report required under this provision on October 1, 2013.