Texas Government Code 531.050 – Minimum Collection Goal
(a) Before August 31 of each year, the executive commissioner by rule shall set a minimum goal for the commission that specifies the percentage of the amount of benefits granted by the commission in error under the supplemental nutrition assistance program or the program of financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, that the commission should recover. The executive commissioner shall set the percentage based on comparable recovery rates reported by other states or other appropriate factors identified by the executive commissioner.
(b) If the commission fails to meet the goal set under Subsection (a) for the fiscal year, the executive commissioner shall notify the comptroller, and the comptroller shall reduce the commission’s general revenue appropriation by an amount equal to the difference between the amount of state funds the commission would have collected had the commission met the goal and the amount of state funds the commission actually collected.
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 531.050
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Comptroller: means the state comptroller of public accounts. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The executive commissioner, the governor, and the Legislative Budget Board shall monitor the commission’s performance in meeting the goal set under this section. The commission shall cooperate by providing to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board, on request, information concerning the commission’s collection efforts.
Text of section effective until April 01, 2025