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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the transfer of certain functions relating to state |
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employee leave from the state auditor to the comptroller. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 661.151, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 661.151. COMPTROLLER [STATE AUDITOR] INTERPRETATION. |
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(a) The comptroller [state auditor] shall provide a uniform |
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interpretation of this chapter [subchapter and Subchapters G and |
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Z]. |
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(b) The comptroller [state auditor] shall report to the |
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governor and the legislature any state agency or institution of |
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higher education that practices an exception under this chapter |
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[exceptions to those laws]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 661.202(j), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(j) A state agency shall maintain a written statement |
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covering the policies and procedures for an extension of leave |
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under Subsection (i) and shall make the statement available to all |
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agency employees. The state agency shall provide a copy of the |
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statement to the comptroller [state auditor] on request. |
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SECTION 3. Section 661.9041(c), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) The comptroller [state auditor] shall adopt guidelines |
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to assist state agencies in determining the amount of emergency |
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leave to grant to an employee under this section as differential |
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pay. |
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SECTION 4. Section 661.923(c), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) Not later than the last day of each quarter of a state |
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fiscal year, an agency shall submit a report to the comptroller's |
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[state auditor's] office and the Legislative Budget Board that |
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includes the name of each agency employee described by Subsection |
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(a)(1) who has been granted 168 hours or more of leave under this |
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section during that fiscal quarter. The report must include, for |
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each employee, a brief statement as to the reason the employee |
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remains on leave. |
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SECTION 5. (a) Not later than September 10, 2021, the |
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following are transferred from the state auditor to the comptroller |
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of public accounts: |
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(1) the powers and duties of the state auditor |
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relating to leave for state employees under Chapter 661, Government |
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Code; and |
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(2) all property and records in the custody of the |
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state auditor that are related to a power or duty transferred under |
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this subsection and all funds appropriated by the legislature for |
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that power or duty. |
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(b) A rule, form, policy, procedure, or decision of the |
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state auditor that is related to a power or duty described by |
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Subsection (a) of this section continues in effect as a rule, form, |
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policy, procedure, or decision of the comptroller of public |
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accounts until superseded by an act of the comptroller of public |
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accounts. |
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(c) A reference in law or administrative rule to the state |
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auditor that relates to a power or duty transferred under |
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Subsection (a) of this section means the comptroller of public |
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accounts. |
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SECTION 6. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, but not later than September 10, 2021, the state |
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auditor and the comptroller of public accounts shall enter into a |
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memorandum of understanding that: |
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(1) identifies in detail the applicable powers and |
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duties that are transferred by this Act; and |
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(2) establishes a plan for the identification and |
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transfer of the records, property, and unspent appropriations of |
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the state auditor that are used for purposes of the state auditor's |
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powers and duties that are transferred by this Act. |
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SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |