HB 2830
AN ACT relating to a report by the Legislative Budget Board on the reliance
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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Fiscal Note
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What This Bill Does
Requires the Legislative Budget Board to develop and implement a process for reviewing new legislative enactments that create dedicated revenue streams and evaluating the state government's use of these revenues. The board must create tools to assess how available dedicated revenue is used for state financing and develop specific recommendations to reduce the state's reliance on these revenue sources. For each state fiscal biennium, the board must include budget recommendations and a plan to progressively reduce dependence on dedicated revenue over the following three fiscal bienniums.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to a report by the Legislative Budget Board on the reliance by this state on certain dedicated revenue for purposes of budget BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 322.024(a), (b), and (c), Government Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) In this section, "available dedicated revenue" means revenue that Section 403.095, including any reenactment of Section 403.095, makes available for certification under Section 403.121. (1) develop and implement a process to review: (A) new legislative enactments that create (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 (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 or by any reenactment of Section 403.095. (1) incorporate into the board's budget recommendations for each state fiscal biennium 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 or by any reenactment of (2) [shall] include with the budget recommendations for each state fiscal biennium a plan adopted by the board [plans] for further reducing state government's reliance on available dedicated revenue for those purposes for the three state fiscal bienniums that follow the adoption of those budget recommendations SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to a report by the Legislative Budget Board on the reliance
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