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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to education fiscal impact statements for bills and |
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resolutions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 314.004, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 314.004. [EQUALIZED] EDUCATION FISCAL [FUNDING] |
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IMPACT STATEMENT. (a) The board shall prepare for each bill or |
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resolution that affects public education an [equalized] education |
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fiscal [funding] impact statement. |
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(b) The impact statement must evaluate the effect of the |
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bill or resolution on: |
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(1) all state equalized funding requirements and |
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policies; and |
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(2) each affected school district, including: |
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(A) the extent to which the bill or resolution |
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affects school district revenues or expenditures or requires the |
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diversion of school district funds; |
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(B) costs of the bill or resolution that school |
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districts may absorb without an increase in revenue; |
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(C) anticipated long term effects of the bill or |
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resolution on school district finances; and |
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(D) for each effect identified under Paragraphs |
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(A)-(C): |
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(i) the dollar amount of the effect; and |
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(ii) the statutory provision creating the |
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effect. |
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(c) The impact statement must be attached to the bill or |
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resolution immediately following: |
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(1) the fiscal note attached under Section 314.003; or |
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(2) if a dynamic fiscal impact statement is prepared |
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under Section 314.005, the dynamic fiscal impact statement. |
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(d) The board shall include in the impact statement |
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assumptions used in identifying or estimating the amount of each |
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effect. |
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(e) The board shall estimate the full amount of each effect |
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in the impact statement, without regard to: |
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(1) the amount of state money appropriated to |
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implement the bill or resolution; or |
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(2) a provision of the bill or resolution limiting |
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expenditures to amounts appropriated to implement the bill or |
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resolution. |
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(f) The board shall request a fiscal analysis of the bill or |
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resolution from each affected school district or from a |
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representative sample of affected school districts that provides |
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sufficient information for the board to evaluate the effect of the |
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bill or resolution on all affected school districts. The board |
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shall provide an explanation in the impact statement if information |
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in the impact statement differs from information in a school |
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district's fiscal analysis. The board shall list in the impact |
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statement the school districts from which the board requested a |
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fiscal analysis and the school districts that provided a fiscal |
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analysis. |
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(g) The board shall explain in the impact statement if the |
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board is unable to evaluate an effect described by Subsection (b). |
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(h) For each printing of the bill or resolution, the board |
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shall prepare and attach an updated impact statement if: |
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(1) the bill or resolution was amended after the |
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previous printing; or |
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(2) the board received an updated fiscal analysis from |
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an affected school district after the previous printing. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |