§ 322.024 — REDUCTION OF RELIANCE ON AVAILABLE DEDICATED REVENUE FOR BUDGET CERTIFICATION.

Texas § 322.024

• Jurisdiction: Texas
• Code GV: Government Code

Text

Sec. 322.024. REDUCTION OF RELIANCE ON AVAILABLE DEDICATED REVENUE FOR BUDGET CERTIFICATION. (a) In this section, "available dedicated revenue" means revenue that Section 403.095 makes available for certification under Section 403.121 .
(b) The board shall:
(1) develop and implement a process to review:
(A) new legislative enactments that create dedicated revenue; and
(B) the appropriation and accumulation of dedicated revenue and available dedicated revenue;
(2) develop and implement tools to evaluate the use of available dedicated revenue for state government financing and budgeting; and
(3) develop specific and detailed recommendations on actions the legislature may reasonably take to reduce state government's reliance on available dedicated revenue for the purposes of certification under Section 403.121 as authorized by Section 403.095 .
(c) The board shall incorporate into the board's budget recommendations appropriate measures to reduce state government's reliance on available dedicated revenue for the purposes of certification under Section 403.121 as authorized by Section 403.095 and shall include with the budget recommendations plans for further reducing state government's reliance on available dedicated revenue for those purposes for the succeeding six years.
(d) The board shall consult the comptroller as necessary to accomplish the objectives of Subsections (b) and (c).

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 835 (H.B. 7 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.