84R731 KLA-F
 
  By: Hall S.B. No. 827
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the format of the general appropriations bill.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 322.008, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  The general appropriations bill must, for each state
  agency or other entity to which an appropriation is proposed under
  the bill:
               (1)  include a line item for each specific program or
  activity administered by the agency or entity or by an
  organizational unit of the agency or entity, arranged according to
  the agency's, entity's, or unit's organizational structure, except
  that if a specific program or activity administered by the agency,
  entity, or unit includes identifiable components or subprograms,
  the bill must include a line item for each of those components or
  subprograms;
               (2)  specify the amount of the proposed appropriation
  for each line item; and
               (3)  include, for each line item that represents a
  specific program or activity or, if applicable, each group of line
  items representing the components or subprograms of a specific
  program or activity:
                     (A)  a description of the program or activity and
  a citation to the authorization in law for the program or activity;
  and
                     (B)  a statement regarding whether the source of
  the proposed appropriation is nondedicated general revenue money,
  dedicated general revenue money, federal money, or another source.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.