Texas Government Code 322.024 – Reduction of Reliance On Available Dedicated Revenue for Budget Certification
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(a) In this section, “available dedicated revenue” means revenue that § 403.095 makes available for certification under § 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 § 403.121 as authorized by § 403.095.
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 322.024
- 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
- Succeeding: means immediately following. See Texas Government Code 312.011
(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 § 403.121 as authorized by § 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).