By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 987
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the reporting of certain information regarding the
  payment of state money to certain vendors and counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  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 2.  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 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.