Bill Text: TX SB1369 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to providing information to the legislature regarding state and local fiscal impact of legislative measures.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-04 - Referred to s/c on Fiscal Matters by Chair [SB1369 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1369-Introduced.html
| 83R6420 JSA-D | ||
| By: Davis | S.B. No. 1369 | |
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| relating to providing information to the legislature regarding | ||
| state and local fiscal impact of legislative measures. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 314, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Sections 314.006 and 314.007 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 314.006. EFFECT OF MEASURE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. (a) A | ||
| fiscal note must indicate whether a bill or resolution will have a | ||
| substantial effect on units of local government. If the measure | ||
| will have a substantial effect, the fiscal note must include: | ||
| (1) an estimate of the direct effects on the financial | ||
| resources of affected classes of local governments; and | ||
| (2) estimates of the range of potential indirect | ||
| long-term economic effects on local governments, including an | ||
| assessment of whether the measure could result in indirect local | ||
| mandates, costs, or savings or create conditions that would | ||
| establish a basis for additional local expenditures. | ||
| (b) For purposes of this section, the board shall solicit | ||
| and consider information provided by representative local | ||
| governments, organizations representing local governments, and | ||
| other interested persons regarding the effects of the measure and | ||
| shall endeavor to include a broad range of potential economic | ||
| effects, both positive and negative, for which the board can | ||
| identify a reasonable basis. | ||
| Sec. 314.007. INDIRECT EFFECTS OF MEASURE. (a) In addition | ||
| to any direct fiscal implications that a bill or resolution will | ||
| have on state finances, a fiscal note must estimate any indirect | ||
| economic effects that the measure may have on this state, including | ||
| whether any direct savings to the state may be offset by | ||
| expenditures or loss of revenue that the state could incur due to | ||
| the effects of the measure, such as deferred maintenance costs, | ||
| loss or gain of federal funding, changes in demand for additional | ||
| services, or effects on employment, investment, or the environment. | ||
| (b) In estimating the indirect effects of a measure, the | ||
| board shall provide a range of potential effects. | ||
| (c) For purposes of this section, the board shall solicit | ||
| and consider information provided by any interested person | ||
| regarding the indirect effects of a measure and shall endeavor to | ||
| include a broad range of potential economic effects, both positive | ||
| and negative, for which the board can identify a reasonable basis. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2013. | ||
