Bill Text: TX HB651 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the format of the general appropriations bill.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-19 - Referred to Appropriations [HB651 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB651-Introduced.html

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84R4428 KLA-F
By: Isaac H.B. No. 651

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the format of the general appropriations bill.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 322.008, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) The general appropriations bill must, for each state
agency or other entity to which an appropriation is proposed under
the bill:
(1) include a line item for each specific program or
activity administered by the agency or entity or by an
organizational unit of the agency or entity, arranged according to
the agency's, entity's, or unit's organizational structure, except
that if a specific program or activity administered by the agency,
entity, or unit includes identifiable components or subprograms,
the bill must include a line item for each of those components or
subprograms;
(2) specify the amount of the proposed appropriation
for each line item; and
(3) include, for each line item that represents a
specific program or activity or, if applicable, each group of line
items representing the components or subprograms of a specific
program or activity:
(A) a citation to the authorization in law for
the program or activity; and
(B) a statement regarding whether the source of
the proposed appropriation is nondedicated general revenue money,
dedicated general revenue money, federal money, or another source.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.