| TO: | Honorable Carol Alvarado, Chair, House Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations, Select |
| FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB12 by Flynn (Relating to gifts made to a state agency for a state employee salary supplement.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Government Code, Chapter 659 to prohibit a state agency from accepting a gift to supplement an employee's salary unless certain criteria are met. The bill would also require both the state agency and the donor to post information on online regarding the amount of supplement donated and the methodology, including market analysis, to determine amount of supplement donated. The bill would require the State Auditor's Office to develop a schedule and form for the required information posting.
The bill takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If the bill does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, it takes effect September 1, 2013.
Multiple agencies including the Office of the Attorney General, the Office of the Governor, the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute, the Comptroller of Public Accounts, the Health and Human Services Commission, the Railroad Commission, the Department of Agriculture, the Texas Department of Insurance, the Texas Workforce Commission, and the State Auditor's Office anticipate any additional work resulting from the passage of the bill could be reasonably absorbed within current resources.
| Source Agencies: | 301 Office of the Governor, 302 Office of the Attorney General, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 308 State Auditor's Office, 320 Texas Workforce Commission, 455 Railroad Commission, 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 542 Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, 551 Department of Agriculture
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| LBB Staff: | UP, KJo, JI, JJO, JP, CK, NV, MW, EMo, ES
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