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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to comparisons of state budgets made by the Legislative |
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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 322.0082 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 322.0082. BUDGET COMPARISONS. (a) This section |
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applies only to a publicly available report or other document |
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prepared by the board that compares appropriations made for one |
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state fiscal biennium or year with the appropriations made for one |
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or more other state fiscal bienniums or years. |
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(b) The board in a report or other document to which this |
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section applies shall ensure that a consistent accounting |
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methodology is used for purposes of the report or document by |
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adjusting the reported amount of appropriations made by the |
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legislature to a state agency or institution as necessary so that |
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the appropriations made for each of the state fiscal bienniums or |
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years being compared reflect the approved accounting methodology |
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for the latest of the state fiscal bienniums or years being |
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compared. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |