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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a report on certain pending suits against the state, a |
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state agency, or a state official. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 403.0146 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 403.0146. REPORT ON FISCAL IMPACT OF PENDING SUITS |
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AGAINST THE STATE. (a) The comptroller shall produce a report that |
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identifies each suit against the state, a state agency, or a state |
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official: |
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(1) in which the amount of the monetary claim in |
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controversy is $10 million or more; and |
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(2) that is pending as of August 31 of |
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each even-numbered fiscal year. |
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(b) In preparing the report required under this section, the |
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comptroller shall use available information submitted to the |
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comptroller by state agencies for the purpose of producing the most |
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recent comprehensive annual financial report under Section |
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403.013(c). A state agency shall provide any information on |
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pending suits requested by the comptroller for the purpose of |
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producing the report. |
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(c) Information relating to a suit described by Subsection |
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(a) provided to the comptroller by a state agency, collected by the |
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comptroller from a state agency, or that is used or created by the |
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comptroller to produce the report described by this section is |
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confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552. |
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(d) Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year, |
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the comptroller shall deliver the report produced under this |
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section to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house |
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of representatives, House Appropriations Committee, Senate Finance |
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Committee, and Legislative Budget Board. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2017. |