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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the comptroller of public accounts to |
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establish and maintain a political subdivision disaster |
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expenditure database. |
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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 403.0243 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 403.0243. POLITICAL SUBDIVISION DISASTER EXPENDITURE |
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DATABASE. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Disaster" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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418.004. |
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(2) "Political subdivision" means a county, |
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municipality, school district, junior college district, other |
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special district, or other subdivision of state government. |
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(b) The comptroller shall establish and maintain on the |
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Internet an electronically searchable database that contains the |
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following information for each political subdivision: |
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(1) the total amount budgeted by the political |
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subdivision for disaster preparedness, response, rebuilding, and |
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mitigation in the most recent fiscal year of the political |
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subdivision that is complete; |
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(2) the total amount spent by the political |
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subdivision for disaster preparedness, response, rebuilding, and |
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mitigation in the most recent fiscal year of the political |
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subdivision that is complete; and |
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(3) the total amount received by the political |
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subdivision for disaster preparedness, response, rebuilding, and |
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mitigation in the most recent fiscal year of the political |
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subdivision that is complete from the following categories, stated |
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as a total amount and a per category amount: |
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(A) the federal government; |
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(B) the state government; |
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(C) another public entity, including another |
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political subdivision; and |
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(D) a private entity, including an insurance |
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company or nonprofit charitable organization. |
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(c) The comptroller shall update the information in the |
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database for a political subdivision not later than the 45th day |
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after the date on which the comptroller receives a report from the |
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political subdivision under Subsection (d). |
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(d) Each political subdivision shall, at the close of the |
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political subdivision's fiscal year, prepare and file with the |
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comptroller an annual report that contains for that fiscal year the |
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information described by Subsection (b). Each political |
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subdivision must file the report required by this subsection in a |
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form and in the manner prescribed by the comptroller. The |
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comptroller shall prepare a form for the report required by this |
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subsection. |
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(e) The comptroller shall establish procedures and adopt |
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rules to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. The comptroller of public accounts shall: |
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(1) prepare and make available the form required by |
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Section 403.0243(d), Government Code, as added by this Act, not |
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later than October 1, 2019; and |
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(2) establish and post on the Internet the database |
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required by Section 403.0243, Government Code, as added by this |
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Act, not later than September 1, 2020. |
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SECTION 3. The first report required of a political |
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subdivision under Section 403.0243(d), Government Code, as added by |
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this Act, must be filed with the comptroller of public accounts at |
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the close of the political subdivision's 2019 fiscal year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |