By: Frank H.B. No. 397
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to comparisons of state budgets made by the Legislative
  Budget Board.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Section 322.0082 to read as follows:
         Sec. 322.0082.  BUDGET COMPARISONS. (a) This section
  applies only to a publicly available report or other document
  prepared by the board that compares appropriations made for one
  state fiscal biennium or year with the appropriations made for one
  or more other state fiscal bienniums or years.
         (b)  The board in a report or other document to which this
  section applies shall ensure that a consistent accounting
  methodology is used for purposes of the report or document by
  adjusting the reported amount of appropriations made by the
  legislature to a state agency or institution as necessary so that
  the appropriations made for each of the state fiscal bienniums or
  years being compared reflect the approved accounting methodology
  for the latest of the state fiscal bienniums or years being
  compared.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.