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AN ACT
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relating to an annual report on state programs not funded by |
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appropriations. |
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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 403.0147 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 403.0147. REPORT ON STATE PROGRAMS NOT FUNDED BY |
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APPROPRIATIONS. (a) In this section, "state agency" means an |
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agency, department, board, commission, or other entity in the |
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executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government. |
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(b) Not later than December 31 of each year, the comptroller |
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shall submit a report to the legislature that identifies for each |
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state agency: |
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(1) each program the state agency is statutorily |
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required to implement for which no appropriation was made for the |
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preceding state fiscal year, along with a citation to the law |
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imposing the requirement; and |
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(2) the amount and source of money the state agency |
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spent, if any, to implement any portion of the program described by |
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Subdivision (1) during the preceding state fiscal year. |
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(c) A state agency shall provide to the comptroller not |
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later than September 30 of each year information necessary for the |
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comptroller to prepare the report required by this section. The |
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comptroller may prescribe the form and content of the information a |
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state agency must provide. |
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SECTION 2. The comptroller of public accounts shall submit |
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the initial report required by Section 403.0147, Government Code, |
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as added by this Act, not later than December 31, 2017. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1831 passed the Senate on |
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May 4, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; |
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May 25, 2017, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and |
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requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 26, 2017, House |
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granted request of the Senate; May 28, 2017, Senate adopted |
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Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 29, |
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Nays 1. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1831 passed the House, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 135, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting; May 26, 2017, House granted request |
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of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; |
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May 28, 2017, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the |
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following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |