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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain comparisons of state budgets made by the |
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Legislative Budget Board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 322.0083 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 322.0083. CERTAIN BUDGET COMPARISONS. (a) This |
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section applies only to a biennial fiscal size-up report, or a |
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comparable successor report if the board ceases preparing a fiscal |
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size-up report, prepared by the board that compares appropriations |
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made for one state fiscal biennium or year with the appropriations |
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made for one or more other state fiscal bienniums or years. |
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(b) The board in a report to which this section applies |
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shall ensure that a consistent accounting methodology is used for |
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purposes of the report by adjusting the reported amount of |
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appropriations made by the legislature to a state agency or |
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institution as necessary so that the appropriations made for each |
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of the state fiscal bienniums or years being compared reflect the |
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approved accounting methodology for the latest of the state fiscal |
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bienniums or years being compared. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |