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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study conducted by the State Auditor's Office to |
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compare the projected cost estimate attached to certain bills and |
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resolutions to the actual cost to the state of the 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. Chapter 321, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 321.0139 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 321.0139. STUDY ON ACTUAL COST OF BILLS AND |
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RESOLUTIONS. (a) The State Auditor shall conduct a study to |
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compare the probable cost estimate in fiscal notes prepared by the |
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Legislative Budget Board and attached to bills or resolutions in |
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accordance with Chapter 314 with the actual cost to the state of the |
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bills or resolutions. |
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(b) In conducting the study under this section, the State |
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Auditor shall: |
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(1) select for cost comparison a random sample set |
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consisting of 10 percent of fiscal notes prepared by the |
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Legislative Budget Board from the preceding five regular |
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legislative sessions that: |
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(A) projected a cost to the state; and |
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(B) were attached to bills or resolutions that |
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took effect; and |
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(2) develop a system to determine the actual cost to |
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the state associated with a bill or resolution that took effect. |
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(c) Not later than September 1, 2018, the State Auditor |
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shall deliver the results of the study conducted under this section |
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to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house |
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of representatives, the House Appropriations Committee, and the |
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Senate Finance Committee. |
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(d) This section expires December 31, 2018. |
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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. |