Bill Text: TX HB1841 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the sunset review of the Legislative Budget Board and a study by the comptroller on the accuracy of fiscal notes prepared by the Legislative Budget Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-13 - Referred to Appropriations [HB1841 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1841-Introduced.html
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| By: Burrows | H.B. No. 1841 | |
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| relating to the sunset review of the Legislative Budget Board and a | ||
| study by the comptroller on the accuracy of fiscal notes prepared 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 322.026 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 322.026. SUNSET PROVISION. The Legislative Budget | ||
| Board is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless | ||
| continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the agency is | ||
| abolished September 1, 2019. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 403.0146 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 403.0146. REVIEW OF ACCURACY OF FISCAL NOTES. (a) The | ||
| comptroller shall conduct a study for each fiscal biennium to | ||
| determine the accuracy of fiscal notes prepared by the Legislative | ||
| Budget Board and attached to bills or resolutions in accordance | ||
| with Chapter 314 during the regular legislative session preceding | ||
| the fiscal biennium. The study must compare the probable cost | ||
| estimate contained in the fiscal notes with the actual cost to the | ||
| state of the bills or resolutions. | ||
| (b) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, | ||
| the comptroller shall publish a report containing the results of | ||
| the study conducted under this section and any issues of concern or | ||
| areas of improvement. | ||
| (c) The comptroller shall adopt rules necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
