84R25284 KLA-D
 
  By: Frank, Capriglione, Isaac, et al. H.B. No. 1592
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1592:
 
  By:  Otto C.S.H.B. No. 1592
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain comparisons of state budgets made by the
  Legislative Budget Board.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Section 322.0083 to read as follows:
         Sec. 322.0083.  CERTAIN BUDGET COMPARISONS. (a) This
  section applies only to a biennial fiscal size-up report, or a
  comparable successor report if the board ceases preparing a fiscal
  size-up report, prepared by the board that compares appropriations
  made for one state fiscal biennium or year with the appropriations
  made for one or more other state fiscal bienniums or years.
         (b)  The board in a report to which this section applies
  shall ensure that a consistent accounting methodology is used for
  purposes of the report by adjusting the reported amount of
  appropriations made by the legislature to a state agency or
  institution as necessary so that the appropriations made for each
  of the state fiscal bienniums or years being compared reflect the
  approved accounting methodology for the latest of the state fiscal
  bienniums or years being compared.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.