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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a report on the range of potential fiscal impacts to the |
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state resulting from judgments in pending suits against the state |
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or a state agency. |
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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 collaborate with the |
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Legislative Budget Board to produce a report on the range of |
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potential fiscal impacts to the state that could result from a |
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judgment entered against the state in any suit against the state, a |
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state agency, or a state official that is pending at the time of the |
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report's publication. |
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(b) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, |
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the comptroller shall deliver the report produced under Subsection |
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(a) to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of |
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representatives, House Appropriations Committee, and Senate |
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Finance Committee. |
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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. |