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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to zero-based budgeting for state agencies as part of the |
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sunset review process. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 325.007, Government Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 325.007. AGENCY REPORT TO COMMISSION; ZERO-BASED |
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BUDGET. |
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SECTION 2. Section 325.007, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: |
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(c) Before November 1 of the odd-numbered year before the |
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year in which a state agency subject to this chapter is abolished, |
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the agency shall present to the commission a zero-based budget for |
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the state fiscal biennium that begins on the date the agency is |
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scheduled to be abolished that contains: |
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(1) a description of the discrete activities the |
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agency is charged with conducting or performing, together with a |
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justification for each activity by reference to a statute or other |
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legal authority; |
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(2) for each activity identified under Subdivision |
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(1), a quantitative estimate of any adverse effects that reasonably |
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may be expected to result if the activity were discontinued, |
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together with a description of the methods by which the adverse |
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effects were estimated; |
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(3) for each activity identified under Subdivision |
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(1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the |
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activity at the minimum level of service required by the statute or |
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other legal authority, together with a concise statement of the |
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quantity and quality of service required at that minimum level; |
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(4) for each activity identified under Subdivision |
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(1), an itemized account of expenditures required to maintain the |
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activity at the current level of service, together with a concise |
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statement of the quantity and quality of service provided at that |
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level; and |
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(5) a ranking of activities identified under |
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Subdivision (1) that illustrates the relative importance of each |
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activity to the overall goals and purposes of the agency at current |
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service levels. |
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(d) As part of a state agency's legislative appropriations |
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request for the state fiscal biennium that begins on the date the |
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agency is scheduled to be abolished, the agency shall submit to the |
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Legislative Budget Board: |
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(1) the zero-based budget required under Subsection |
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(c); and |
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(2) a statement of the estimated amount of any unspent |
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and unencumbered money appropriated to the agency for the state |
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fiscal biennium preceding that fiscal biennium. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply in |
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relation to the review by the Sunset Advisory Commission of |
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agencies scheduled to be abolished on or after September 1, 2019, if |
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not continued in accordance with Chapter 325, Government Code, and |
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in relation to any other agencies that by law are reviewed during |
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those review periods by the Sunset Advisory Commission. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |