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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the submission of a report by certain entities |
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identifying spending reduction measures. |
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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 322.025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 322.025. REPORT ON SPENDING REDUCTION MEASURES. (a) |
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Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, each entity |
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that is required to submit a legislative appropriations request |
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shall submit to the board a detailed report identifying measures by |
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which the entity may reduce its expenditures from general revenue |
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and general revenue-dedicated accounts by 1 percent, 5 percent, and |
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10 percent in the next state fiscal biennium. |
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(b) An entity described by Subsection (a) shall rank each of |
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the 1 percent, 5 percent, and 10 percent spending reduction |
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measures from highest to lowest priority. The entity shall assign |
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higher priority to measures that: |
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(1) have fewer consequences for the entity's programs |
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and goals; |
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(2) have less impact on populations served by the |
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entity; or |
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(3) eliminate redundancies and inefficiencies. |
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(c) An entity described by Subsection (a) may not include in |
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the report a spending reduction measure that would violate the |
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state or federal constitution. |
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(d) The board may exempt certain expenditures from |
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consideration under this section. |
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(e) The board may issue guidance regarding: |
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(1) standards for reports required by this section, |
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including format, content, and methods of submission; and |
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(2) prioritizing spending reduction measures under |
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Subsection (b). |
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(f) The board may require an entity to submit the report |
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under this section with the entity's legislative appropriations |
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request. |
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(g) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, |
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the board shall make reports received under this section available |
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to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of |
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representatives, and members of the legislature. |
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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. |