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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the powers and duties of the Legislative Budget Board, |
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including the receipt of reports by the board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2054.102, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The Legislative Budget Board may specify procedures for |
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the submission, review, approval, and disapproval of biennial |
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operating plans and amendments, including procedures for review or |
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reconsideration of the Legislative Budget Board's disapproval of a |
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biennial operating plan or biennial operating plan amendment. |
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(a-1) The Legislative Budget Board shall review and approve |
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or disapprove the biennial operating plan or biennial operating |
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plan amendment not later than the 60th day after the later of the: |
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(1) date of adjournment sine die of a regular |
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legislative session by the second house of the legislature to |
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adjourn sine die; or |
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(2) date the plan or amendment to the plan is |
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submitted. |
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(a-2) The plan or amendment to the plan is considered to be |
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approved on the 61st day after the later of the dates described by |
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Subsection (a-1) [date the plan or amendment is submitted] if the |
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Legislative Budget Board does not disapprove the plan or amendment |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 2. Section 19.0041, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 19.0041. EVALUATION OF TRAINING SERVICES. (a) To |
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evaluate the effectiveness of training services provided to persons |
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confined or imprisoned in the department, the Windham School |
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District shall [consult with the Legislative Budget Board to] |
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compile and analyze information for each person who receives the |
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training services. This information shall include an evaluation |
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of: |
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(1) the kind of training services provided; |
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(2) the kind of employment the person obtains on |
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release; |
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(3) whether the employment was related to training; |
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(4) the difference between the amount of the person's |
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earnings on the date employment is obtained following release and |
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the amount of those earnings on the first anniversary of that date; |
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and |
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(5) the retention factors associated with the |
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employment. |
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(b) The district [Legislative Budget Board] shall submit an |
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annual report to the [legislature and the] governor's office and |
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the Legislative Budget Board based on data compiled and analyzed |
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under Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 3. Not later than December 1, 2013, the Windham |
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School District shall submit the first report to the governor's |
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office and the Legislative Budget Board as required by Section |
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19.0041(b), Education Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. Section 322.016(b), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a |
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biennial operating plan or biennial operating plan amendment |
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submitted to or pending with the Legislative Budget Board on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |