H.B. No. 4510

AN ACT

relating to reporting of certain information by state agencies and counties, including information related to appropriated money, activities of certain consultants, and tax revenue.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 2101.011, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:

(a) In this section:

(1) "Annual financial report" means the annual financial report required by this section.

(2) "Appropriated money" means money appropriated by the legislature under the General Appropriations Act or other law.

(3) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.

(b) Except as provided by Subsections (b-1) and (b-2), not [Not] later than November 1 [20] of each year, a state agency shall submit an annual financial report regarding the agency's use of appropriated money during the preceding fiscal year to:

(1) the governor;

(2) the comptroller;

(3) the Legislative Reference Library;

(4) the state auditor; and

(5) the Legislative Budget Board.

(b-1) An institution of higher education shall submit the annual financial report described by Subsection (b) not later than November 20 of each year.

(b-2) A state agency may submit an audited financial report in place of the report described by Subsection (b). An audited financial report must be submitted not later than December 15 of each year.

SECTION 2. Section 2115.005, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 2115.005. ANNUAL REPORT BY COMPTROLLER [FORWARDING REPORTS]. (a) Subject to Subsection (b), not [The comptroller shall provide copies, including electronic form copies, of any reports received from a consultant contracting under Section 2115.002 to:

[(1) the governor;

[(2) the state auditor's office; and

[(3) the Legislative Budget Board.

[(b) The comptroller shall provide the copies required by Subsection (a) not later than the 15th day after the date the comptroller receives the consultant's report.

[(c) Not] later than February 1 of each [odd-numbered] year, the comptroller shall issue [a report] to the legislature, governor, state auditor's office, and Legislative Budget Board a report summarizing the activities conducted by a consultant pursuant to a recovery audit completed under this chapter during the preceding state fiscal [biennium ending August 31 of the previous] year.

(b) The comptroller is required to issue a report under Subsection (a) only if a recovery audit was completed under this chapter during the preceding state fiscal year.

SECTION 3. Section 61.040, Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 61.040. TAX INFORMATION. (a) For the purpose of determining eligibility for state assistance under this chapter, [The comptroller shall give] the department may require a county to provide the following information for the relevant period [relating to]:

(1) the taxable value of property taxable by the [each] county;

(2) the [and each] county's applicable general revenue tax levy [for the relevant period]; and

(3) [(2)] the amount of sales and use tax revenue received by the [each] county [for the relevant period].

(b) The department shall prescribe the manner in which a county must provide the information described by Subsection (a).

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2024.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4510 was passed by the House on May 2, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 7, 3 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 4510 on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 5, 1 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4510 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________

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Governor