Bill Text: TX HB3770 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Texas First Center to study and provide advice to the legislature on the effective use of state resources.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-03 - Left pending in committee [HB3770 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3770-Introduced.html
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By: Cook | H.B. No. 3770 |
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relating to the creation of the Texas First Center to study and | ||
provide advice to the legislature on the effective use of state | ||
resources. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 10, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 2061 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 2061. TEXAS FIRST CENTER | ||
Sec. 2061.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Board" means the Texas First Center Board. | ||
(2) "Center" means the Texas First Center. | ||
(3) "State agency" means a department, commission, | ||
board, office, or other agency in the executive or judicial branch | ||
of state government that is created under the constitution or a | ||
statute of this state. The term includes an institution of higher | ||
education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
Sec. 2061.0002. TEXAS FIRST CENTER. (a) The Texas First | ||
Center is created as an independent policy center for the primary | ||
purpose of advising this state's legislature. | ||
(b) The center shall represent the interests of the | ||
residents of this state by studying the effect of resource | ||
allocation on the performance of state agencies and other public | ||
institutions using applicable state and national data. | ||
(c) In performing the duties assigned by this chapter, the | ||
center shall work directly with: | ||
(1) the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the | ||
house of representatives, and members of the legislature; and | ||
(2) state agencies and other public institutions. | ||
Sec. 2061.0003. CENTER DUTIES. (a) The center shall use | ||
analytics standards used by business, finance, public policy, and | ||
other interests considered appropriate by the center to determine | ||
the relationship between resource allocation and performance | ||
outcomes of state agencies and other public institutions. | ||
(b) The center shall develop a schedule so that each year | ||
the center evaluates the performance of selected state agencies and | ||
other public institutions and provides a progress report on those | ||
agencies and institutions to: | ||
(1) the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of | ||
the house of representatives; and | ||
(2) responsible parties at each agency or institution | ||
being evaluated. | ||
(c) The center may assist the legislature with policy | ||
studies related to the center's duties. The center may participate | ||
in collaborative studies with a foundation or organization inside | ||
or outside this state related to the center's duties. | ||
(d) The center shall seek information, data, and best | ||
practices from state, regional, and national sources to use in | ||
performing the center's duties under this chapter. | ||
(e) The center may contract with independent experts, | ||
academic scholars, and other appropriate professionals in | ||
performing the center's duties under this chapter. | ||
Sec. 2061.0004. TEXAS FIRST CENTER BOARD. (a) The Texas | ||
First Center Board is created as the primary policy-making body of | ||
the center. | ||
(b) The board is composed of three members appointed by the | ||
governor. | ||
(c) Board members must include individuals in the private | ||
sector who have an interest in improving the performance of state | ||
agencies and other public institutions and significant experience | ||
in organizational management, finance, or business. A board member | ||
may not have a financial relationship with a vendor who provides | ||
goods or services to an agency or institution of this state. | ||
(d) Board members serve four-year terms. | ||
(e) Board members shall annually elect one member as the | ||
presiding officer. | ||
(f) A board member may not receive a salary for services as a | ||
board member but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in | ||
attending board meetings. | ||
Sec. 2061.0005. BOARD DUTIES. (a) In addition to the | ||
evaluation and report required under Section 2061.0003(b), the | ||
board shall study effective and efficient systems for the operation | ||
of state agencies and other public institutions and make | ||
recommendations to: | ||
(1) improve the performance of agencies and | ||
institutions to meet the demands of the current century; | ||
(2) improve this state's ability to compete with other | ||
states and countries; and | ||
(3) provide the legislature and the public with | ||
information on the performance of agencies and institutions. | ||
(b) The board shall provide a report of the board's study | ||
and recommendations under Subsection (a) to: | ||
(1) the Legislative Budget Board at least once each | ||
year; and | ||
(2) the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of | ||
the house of representatives not later than December 1 of each | ||
even-numbered year. | ||
Sec. 2061.0006. SUPPORT FOR PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES. (a) | ||
State agencies and other public institutions shall fully cooperate | ||
with and assist the center at the board's request. | ||
(b) Data and information necessary to perform the center's | ||
duties under this chapter shall be provided at the board's request | ||
in a timely manner. The board and center shall maintain | ||
confidentiality and other security measures for any requested data | ||
and information. | ||
Sec. 2061.0007. FUNDING. The center may be funded by | ||
donations, grants, and legislative appropriations. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the governor shall appoint the initial members of the | ||
Texas First Center Board under Section 2061.0004, Government Code, | ||
as added by this Act, to serve terms beginning January 1, 2018. | ||
SECTION 3. The first reports required under Sections | ||
2061.0003(b) and 2061.0005(b)(1), Government Code, as added by this | ||
Act, are due not later than December 1, 2018. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |