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        |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
      
        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to required reports and other documents prepared by state | 
      
        |  | agencies and institutions of higher education. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Section 15.006, Agriculture Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 15.006.  BIENNIAL [ ANNUAL] REPORT.  The department [and  | 
      
        |  | the Texas Department of Health] shall [jointly] prepare a biennial | 
      
        |  | [ an annual] report concerning the special nutrition program and | 
      
        |  | submit a copy of the report to the governor, lieutenant governor, | 
      
        |  | and speaker of the house of representatives.  The report must | 
      
        |  | include information on the condition of the program, persons | 
      
        |  | served, amount of food coupons redeemed, and funds received and | 
      
        |  | expended. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  Subsection (e), Section 102.167, Agriculture | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (e)  Not later than December 1 [ the 30th day] before the | 
      
        |  | first day of each regular session of the legislature, the | 
      
        |  | department shall submit to the governor a full report of | 
      
        |  | transactions under this subchapter during the preceding biennium. | 
      
        |  | The report must include a complete statement of receipts and | 
      
        |  | expenditures under this subchapter during the biennium. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.  Section 201.028, Agriculture Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 201.028.  ANNUAL [ SEMIANNUAL] REPORT.  Not later than | 
      
        |  | January 1 [ and July 1] of each year, the state board shall prepare | 
      
        |  | and deliver to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the | 
      
        |  | speaker of the house of representatives a report relating to the | 
      
        |  | status of the budget areas of responsibility assigned to the board, | 
      
        |  | including outreach programs, grants made and received, federal | 
      
        |  | funding applied for and received, special projects, and oversight | 
      
        |  | of water conservation district activities. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.  Article 59.11, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Art. 59.11.  REPORT OF SEIZED AND FORFEITED AIRCRAFT.  Not | 
      
        |  | later than the 10th day after the last day of each quarter of the | 
      
        |  | fiscal year, the Department of Public Safety shall report to the | 
      
        |  | Texas Department of Transportation [ State Aircraft Pooling Board]: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a description of each aircraft that the Department | 
      
        |  | of Public Safety [ department] has received by forfeiture under this | 
      
        |  | chapter during the preceding quarter and the purposes for which the | 
      
        |  | Department of Public Safety [ department] intends to use the | 
      
        |  | aircraft; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  a description of each aircraft the Department of | 
      
        |  | Public Safety [ department] knows to have been seized under this | 
      
        |  | chapter during the preceding quarter and the purposes for which the | 
      
        |  | Department of Public Safety [ department] would use the aircraft if | 
      
        |  | it were forfeited to the Department of Public Safety [ department]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 5.  Subsection (j), Article 60.02, Code of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (j)  At least once during each five-year period the council | 
      
        |  | shall coordinate an examination of the records and operations of | 
      
        |  | the criminal justice information system to ensure the accuracy and | 
      
        |  | completeness of information in the system and to ensure the | 
      
        |  | promptness of information reporting.  The state auditor, or other | 
      
        |  | appropriate entity selected by the council, shall conduct the | 
      
        |  | examination with the cooperation of the council, the Department of | 
      
        |  | Public Safety, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  The | 
      
        |  | Department of Public Safety, the council, and the Texas Department | 
      
        |  | of Criminal Justice may examine the records of the agencies | 
      
        |  | required to report information to the Department of Public Safety | 
      
        |  | or the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  The examining entity | 
      
        |  | shall submit to the legislature and the council a report that | 
      
        |  | summarizes the findings of each examination and contains | 
      
        |  | recommendations for improving the system.  Not later than the first | 
      
        |  | anniversary after the date the examining entity submits its report, | 
      
        |  | the Department of Public Safety shall report to the Legislative | 
      
        |  | Budget Board, the governor, [ the state auditor,] and the council on | 
      
        |  | the department's progress in implementing the examining entity's | 
      
        |  | recommendations, including for each recommendation not implemented | 
      
        |  | the reason for not implementing the recommendation.  The Department | 
      
        |  | of Public Safety shall submit a similar report each year following | 
      
        |  | the submission of the first report until each of the examining | 
      
        |  | entity's recommendations is implemented. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 6.  Subsection (a), Section 32.157, Education Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  After the expiration of the project, the agency may | 
      
        |  | review the project based on the annual reports the agency receives | 
      
        |  | from the board of trustees of participating school districts.  The | 
      
        |  | agency may include the review of the project in the comprehensive | 
      
        |  | biennial [ annual] report required under Section 39.332 that | 
      
        |  | includes [ covers] the 2012-2013 school year. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 7.  Subsection (e), Section 39.027, Education Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (e)  The commissioner shall develop an assessment system | 
      
        |  | that shall be used for evaluating the academic progress, including | 
      
        |  | reading proficiency in English, of all students of limited English | 
      
        |  | proficiency, as defined by Section 29.052.  A student who is exempt | 
      
        |  | from the administration of an assessment instrument under | 
      
        |  | Subsection (a)(1) or (2) who achieves reading proficiency in | 
      
        |  | English as determined by the assessment system developed under this | 
      
        |  | subsection shall be administered the assessment instruments | 
      
        |  | described by Sections 39.023(a) and (c).  The performance under the | 
      
        |  | assessment system developed under this subsection of students to | 
      
        |  | whom Subsection (a)(1) or (2) applies shall be included in the | 
      
        |  | indicator systems under Section 39.301, as applicable, the | 
      
        |  | performance report under Section 39.306, and the comprehensive | 
      
        |  | biennial [ annual] report under Section 39.332.  This information | 
      
        |  | shall be provided in a manner that is disaggregated by the bilingual | 
      
        |  | education or special language program, if any, in which the student | 
      
        |  | is enrolled. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 8.  The heading to Section 39.332, Education Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 39.332.  COMPREHENSIVE BIENNIAL [ ANNUAL] REPORT. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 9.  Subsection (a), Section 39.332, Education Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, | 
      
        |  | the agency shall prepare and deliver to the governor, the | 
      
        |  | lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | 
      
        |  | each member of the legislature, the Legislative Budget Board, and | 
      
        |  | the clerks of the standing committees of the senate and house of | 
      
        |  | representatives with primary jurisdiction over the public school | 
      
        |  | system a comprehensive report covering the two preceding school | 
      
        |  | years [ year] and containing the information described by Subsection | 
      
        |  | (b). | 
      
        |  | SECTION 10.  Section 39.333, Education Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 39.333.  REGIONAL AND DISTRICT LEVEL REPORT.  As part of | 
      
        |  | the comprehensive biennial report under Section 39.332, the [ The] | 
      
        |  | agency shall submit [ prepare and deliver to the governor, the  | 
      
        |  | lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,  | 
      
        |  | each member of the legislature, the Legislative Budget Board, and  | 
      
        |  | the clerks of the standing committees of the senate and house of  | 
      
        |  | representatives with primary jurisdiction over the public school  | 
      
        |  | system] a regional and district level report covering the preceding | 
      
        |  | two school years and containing: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a summary of school district compliance with the | 
      
        |  | student/teacher ratios and class-size limitations prescribed by | 
      
        |  | Sections 25.111 and 25.112, including: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the number of campuses and classes at each | 
      
        |  | campus granted an exception from Section 25.112; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  for each campus granted an exception from | 
      
        |  | Section 25.112, a statement of whether the campus has been awarded a | 
      
        |  | distinction designation under Subchapter G or has been identified | 
      
        |  | as an unacceptable campus under Subchapter E; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a summary of the exemptions and waivers granted to | 
      
        |  | campuses and school districts under Section 7.056 or 39.232 and a | 
      
        |  | review of the effectiveness of each campus or district following | 
      
        |  | deregulation; | 
      
        |  | (3)  an evaluation of the performance of the system of | 
      
        |  | regional education service centers based on the indicators adopted | 
      
        |  | under Section 8.101 and client satisfaction with services provided | 
      
        |  | under Subchapter B, Chapter 8; | 
      
        |  | (4)  an evaluation of accelerated instruction programs | 
      
        |  | offered under Section 28.006, including an assessment of the | 
      
        |  | quality of such programs and the performance of students enrolled | 
      
        |  | in such programs; and | 
      
        |  | (5)  the number of classes at each campus that are | 
      
        |  | currently being taught by individuals who are not certified in the | 
      
        |  | content areas of their respective classes. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 11.  Subsection (g), Section 51.752, Education Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (g)  Not later than December 1 of each year, the [ The] | 
      
        |  | committee shall report to the Legislative Budget Board, [ at least  | 
      
        |  | once a year.  The committee shall also report to] the governor, the | 
      
        |  | State Board of Education, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating | 
      
        |  | Board, and the legislature [ before the convening of each regular  | 
      
        |  | session]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 12.  Subsection (j), Section 54.633, Education Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (j)  The board may contract with an independent certified | 
      
        |  | public accountant to annually audit the direct-support | 
      
        |  | organization under rules adopted by the board.  The board shall | 
      
        |  | submit the audit to the comptroller, governor, lieutenant governor, | 
      
        |  | speaker of the house of representatives, Legislative Budget Board, | 
      
        |  | Legislative Audit Committee, [ state auditor,] and Texas Higher | 
      
        |  | Education Coordinating Board.  The comptroller [ or state auditor] | 
      
        |  | may require the direct-support organization or independent | 
      
        |  | certified public accountant to provide additional information | 
      
        |  | relating to the operation of the organization. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 13.  Subsections (a) and (c), Section 54.642, | 
      
        |  | Education Code, are amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  Not later than December 1 of each year, the board shall | 
      
        |  | submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house | 
      
        |  | of representatives, Legislative Budget Board, Legislative Audit | 
      
        |  | Committee, [ state auditor,] and Texas Higher Education | 
      
        |  | Coordinating Board a report including: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the board's fiscal transactions during the | 
      
        |  | preceding fiscal year; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the market and book value of the fund as of the end | 
      
        |  | of the preceding fiscal year; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the asset allocations of the fund expressed in | 
      
        |  | percentages of stocks, fixed income, cash, or other financial | 
      
        |  | investments; | 
      
        |  | (4)  the rate of return on the investment of the fund's | 
      
        |  | assets during the preceding fiscal year; and | 
      
        |  | (5)  an actuarial valuation of the assets and | 
      
        |  | liabilities of the program, including the extent to which the | 
      
        |  | program's liabilities are unfunded. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The [ Not later than December 1 of each year, the] board | 
      
        |  | shall include in the report described by Subsection (a): | 
      
        |  | (1)  [ provide to the Texas Higher Education  | 
      
        |  | Coordinating Board] complete prepaid tuition contract sales | 
      
        |  | information, including projected enrollments of beneficiaries at | 
      
        |  | institutions of higher education; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the information maintained by the board under | 
      
        |  | Section 54.777. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 14.  The heading to Section 54.777, Education Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 54.777.  INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR ANNUAL REPORT | 
      
        |  | [ REPORTS]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 15.  Subsection (a), Section 54.777, Education Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The [ Not later than December 1 of each year, the] board | 
      
        |  | shall maintain the following information for the purpose of | 
      
        |  | inclusion in the annual report under Section 54.642 [ submit to the  | 
      
        |  | governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of  | 
      
        |  | representatives, Legislative Budget Board, Legislative Audit  | 
      
        |  | Committee, state auditor, and Texas Higher Education Coordinating  | 
      
        |  | Board a report including]: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the fiscal transactions of the board and the plan | 
      
        |  | manager under this subchapter during the preceding fiscal year; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the market and book value of the fund as of the end | 
      
        |  | of the preceding fiscal year; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the asset allocations of the fund expressed in | 
      
        |  | percentages of stocks, fixed income, cash, or other financial | 
      
        |  | investments; | 
      
        |  | (4)  the rate of return on the investment of the fund's | 
      
        |  | assets during the preceding fiscal year; and | 
      
        |  | (5)  an actuarial valuation of the assets and | 
      
        |  | liabilities of the program, including the extent to which the | 
      
        |  | program's liabilities are unfunded. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 16.  Subsection (i), Section 61.051, Education Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (i)  The board shall develop and periodically revise a | 
      
        |  | long-range statewide plan to provide information and guidance to | 
      
        |  | policy makers to ensure that institutions of higher education meet | 
      
        |  | the current and future needs of each region of this state for higher | 
      
        |  | education services and that adequate higher education services at | 
      
        |  | all levels are reasonably and equally available to the residents of | 
      
        |  | each region of this state.  The board in developing the plan shall | 
      
        |  | examine existing undergraduate, graduate, professional, and | 
      
        |  | research programs provided by institutions of higher education and | 
      
        |  | identify the geographic areas of this state that, as a result of | 
      
        |  | current population or projected population growth, distance from | 
      
        |  | other educational resources, economic trends, or other factors, | 
      
        |  | have or are reasonably likely to have in the future significantly | 
      
        |  | greater need for higher education services than the services | 
      
        |  | currently provided in the area by existing institutions of higher | 
      
        |  | education.  The board shall also consider the higher education | 
      
        |  | services provided by private and independent institutions of higher | 
      
        |  | education in developing the plan.  The board shall identify as | 
      
        |  | specifically as practicable the programs or fields of study for | 
      
        |  | which an area has or is projected to have a significant unmet need | 
      
        |  | for services.  In determining the need for higher education | 
      
        |  | [ educational] services in an area, the board shall consider the | 
      
        |  | educational attainment of the current population and the extent to | 
      
        |  | which residents from the area attend institutions of higher | 
      
        |  | education outside of the area or do not attend institutions of | 
      
        |  | higher education.  The board shall include in the plan specific | 
      
        |  | recommendations, including alternative recommendations, for | 
      
        |  | administrative or legislative action to address an area's unmet | 
      
        |  | need for higher education [ educational] services as efficiently as | 
      
        |  | possible.  Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year, the | 
      
        |  | board shall deliver to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the | 
      
        |  | speaker of the house of representatives, and the legislature a | 
      
        |  | report of the current long-range plan developed under this section. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 17.  Section 61.063, Education Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 61.063.  LISTING AND CERTIFICATION OF JUNIOR COLLEGES. | 
      
        |  | The commissioner of higher education shall file with [ the state  | 
      
        |  | auditor and] the state comptroller on or before October 1 of each | 
      
        |  | year a list of the public junior colleges in this state.  The | 
      
        |  | commissioner shall certify the names of those colleges that have | 
      
        |  | complied with the standards, rules, and regulations prescribed by | 
      
        |  | the board.  Only those colleges which are so certified shall be | 
      
        |  | eligible for and may receive any appropriation made by the | 
      
        |  | legislature to public junior colleges. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 18.  Subsection (e), Section 96.652, Education Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (e)  The Crime Victims' Institute shall prepare a complete | 
      
        |  | annual financial report as prescribed by Section 2101.011, | 
      
        |  | Government Code [ file annually with the governor and the presiding  | 
      
        |  | officer of each house of the legislature a complete and detailed  | 
      
        |  | written report accounting for all funds received and disbursed by  | 
      
        |  | the institute during the preceding year.  The form of the annual  | 
      
        |  | report and the reporting time shall be as provided by the General  | 
      
        |  | Appropriations Act.  The Crime Victims' Institute shall determine  | 
      
        |  | the format and contents of the report and may have copies of the  | 
      
        |  | report printed for distribution as the institute considers  | 
      
        |  | appropriate]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 19.  Subsection (a), Section 264.608, Family Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  Not later than December 1 of each year [ Before each  | 
      
        |  | regular session of the legislature], the attorney general shall | 
      
        |  | publish a report that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  summarizes reports from volunteer advocate | 
      
        |  | programs under contract with the attorney general; | 
      
        |  | (2)  analyzes the effectiveness of the contracts made | 
      
        |  | by the attorney general under this chapter; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  provides information on: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the expenditure of funds under this chapter; | 
      
        |  | (B)  services provided and the number of children | 
      
        |  | for whom the services were provided; and | 
      
        |  | (C)  any other information relating to the | 
      
        |  | services provided by the volunteer advocate programs under this | 
      
        |  | chapter. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 20.  Subsection (b), Section 81.023, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  The state bar shall file annually with the supreme | 
      
        |  | court, the governor, and the presiding officer of each house of the | 
      
        |  | legislature a copy of the annual financial report prepared by the | 
      
        |  | state bar under Section 2101.011 [ complete and detailed written  | 
      
        |  | report accounting for all funds received and disbursed by the state  | 
      
        |  | bar during the preceding fiscal year.  The annual report must be in  | 
      
        |  | the form and reported in the time provided by the General  | 
      
        |  | Appropriations Act]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 21.  Subsection (b), Section 82.035, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  The board shall file annually with the supreme court, | 
      
        |  | the governor, and the presiding officer of each house of the | 
      
        |  | legislature a copy of the annual financial report prepared by the | 
      
        |  | board under Section 2101.011 [ complete and detailed written report  | 
      
        |  | accounting for all funds received or disbursed by the board during  | 
      
        |  | the preceding fiscal year.  The annual report must be in the form  | 
      
        |  | and reported in the time provided by the General Appropriations  | 
      
        |  | Act]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 22.  Section 322.011, Government Code, is amended by | 
      
        |  | amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (h) to read as | 
      
        |  | follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  As soon as practicable after completion of the audit or | 
      
        |  | evaluation under Subsection (a) [ On the third Tuesday of each  | 
      
        |  | January in which the legislature meets in regular session], the | 
      
        |  | board shall make a performance report to the governor and the | 
      
        |  | legislature. | 
      
        |  | (h)  An audit or evaluation under this section is considered | 
      
        |  | an audit for purposes of the application of Section 552.116, | 
      
        |  | relating to confidentiality of audit working papers. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 23.  Subsection (d), Section 324.008, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (d)  The governing body of a state agency, as defined by | 
      
        |  | Sections 2151.002(1) and (3) [ 2151.002(2)(A) and (C)], shall | 
      
        |  | deliver to the library and the Texas State Library and Archives | 
      
        |  | Commission immediately after transcription a certified copy of the | 
      
        |  | minutes of any meeting of the governing body.  Any changes or | 
      
        |  | corrections to the minutes shall also be delivered to the library | 
      
        |  | and the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 24.  Subsection (b), Section 403.021, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  A state agency that expends appropriated funds shall | 
      
        |  | report into the uniform statewide accounting system all payables | 
      
        |  | and binding encumbrances by appropriation account for the first | 
      
        |  | three quarters of the current appropriation year within 30 days | 
      
        |  | after the close of each quarter.  A state agency shall report | 
      
        |  | payables and binding encumbrances for all appropriation years | 
      
        |  | annually to the comptroller[ , the state auditor,] and the | 
      
        |  | Legislative Budget Board no later than October 30 of each year. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 25.  Subsection (g), Section 403.1041, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (g)  Before December 1 of each year the comptroller shall | 
      
        |  | prepare a written report regarding the account during the fiscal | 
      
        |  | year ending on the preceding August 31.  Not later than January 1 of | 
      
        |  | each year the comptroller shall distribute the report to the | 
      
        |  | advisory committee, the governor, the lieutenant governor, [ the  | 
      
        |  | state auditor,] the attorney general, and the Legislative Budget | 
      
        |  | Board.  The comptroller shall furnish a copy of the report to any | 
      
        |  | member of the legislature or other interested person on request. | 
      
        |  | The report must include: | 
      
        |  | (1)  statements of assets and a schedule of changes in | 
      
        |  | book value of the investments from the account; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a summary of the gains, losses, and income from | 
      
        |  | investments on August 31; | 
      
        |  | (3)  an itemized list of the securities held for the | 
      
        |  | account on August 31; and | 
      
        |  | (4)  any other information needed to clearly indicate | 
      
        |  | the nature and extent of the investments made of the account and the | 
      
        |  | income realized from the components of the account. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 26.  Subsection (d), Section 411.0097, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, as added by Chapter 693 (S.B. 293), Acts of the 79th | 
      
        |  | Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (d)  The department, in conjunction with the border commerce | 
      
        |  | coordinator, shall develop short-range and long-range plans, | 
      
        |  | including recommendations to increase bilateral relations with | 
      
        |  | Mexico and expedite trade by mitigating delays in border crossing | 
      
        |  | inspections for northbound truck traffic.  In developing the plans, | 
      
        |  | the department and coordinator shall consider information obtained | 
      
        |  | from any meetings under Subsection (a).  The department shall | 
      
        |  | update the plan biennially [ and submit the updated plan to the  | 
      
        |  | lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,  | 
      
        |  | and each other member of the legislature on or before December 1 of  | 
      
        |  | each even-numbered year]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 27.  Subsection (e), Section 419.008, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (e)  Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the | 
      
        |  | [ The] commission shall report to the governor [annually] and to the | 
      
        |  | legislature [ at each regular session] on the commission's | 
      
        |  | activities.  The commission may make recommendations in those | 
      
        |  | reports on matters under its jurisdiction.  The commission may make | 
      
        |  | other reports in its discretion. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 28.  Section 420.009, Government Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 420.009.  REPORT.  The attorney general shall publish a | 
      
        |  | report on the service not later than December 10 of each | 
      
        |  | [ even-numbered] year.  The report must summarize reports from | 
      
        |  | programs receiving grants from the attorney general, analyze the | 
      
        |  | effectiveness of the grants, and include information on the | 
      
        |  | expenditure of funds authorized by this chapter, the services | 
      
        |  | provided, the number of persons receiving services, and any other | 
      
        |  | information relating to the provision of sexual assault services. | 
      
        |  | A copy of the report shall be submitted to the governor, lieutenant | 
      
        |  | governor, speaker of the house of representatives, Legislative | 
      
        |  | Budget Board, Senate Committee on Health and Human Services or its | 
      
        |  | successor committee, and House Committee on Human Services or its | 
      
        |  | successor committee. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 29.  Subsection (b), Section 431.030, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  Not later than August 1 of the year in which the | 
      
        |  | Commissioner of the General Land Office submits a report as | 
      
        |  | provided by Section 31.157, Natural Resources Code, the adjutant | 
      
        |  | general shall submit a preliminary report of the report required | 
      
        |  | under Subsection (a) to the Commissioner of the General Land Office | 
      
        |  | identifying the real property used for military purposes.  Not | 
      
        |  | later than September 1 of the year in which the Commissioner of the | 
      
        |  | General Land Office submits a report as provided by Section 31.157, | 
      
        |  | Natural Resources Code, the adjutant general shall submit the | 
      
        |  | report as required by Subsection (a) to: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the governor; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the presiding officer of each house of the | 
      
        |  | legislature; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  [ the Legislative Budget Board; and | 
      
        |  | [ (4)]  the Governor's Office of Budget, Planning, and | 
      
        |  | Policy [ governor's budget office]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 30.  Subsection (a), Section 431.034, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The adjutant general annually shall report to the | 
      
        |  | governor.  The report shall be delivered to the legislature.  The | 
      
        |  | report must include: | 
      
        |  | (1)  [ a complete and detailed written statement  | 
      
        |  | accounting for all funds received and disbursed by the department  | 
      
        |  | during the preceding fiscal year that meets the reporting  | 
      
        |  | requirements applicable to financial reporting provided in the  | 
      
        |  | General Appropriations Act; | 
      
        |  | [ (2)]  an account, to the extent of the adjutant | 
      
        |  | general's knowledge, of all arms, ammunition, and other military | 
      
        |  | property owned by or in possession of the state, the source from | 
      
        |  | which it was received, to whom it is issued, and its present | 
      
        |  | condition; | 
      
        |  | (2) [ (3)]  a statement of the number, condition, and | 
      
        |  | organization of the Texas National Guard and reserve militia; | 
      
        |  | (3) [ (4)]  suggestions that the adjutant general | 
      
        |  | considers important to the military interests and conditions of the | 
      
        |  | state and the perfection of its military organization; | 
      
        |  | (4) [ (5)]  a list and description of all Texas National | 
      
        |  | Guard missions that are in progress at the time the report is | 
      
        |  | prepared; and | 
      
        |  | (5) [ (6)]  a statement of department plans to obtain | 
      
        |  | and maintain future Texas National Guard missions, including | 
      
        |  | proposed missions that are consistent with the United States | 
      
        |  | Department of Defense's war-fighting strategies, including | 
      
        |  | strategies used in the war on terrorism. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 31.  Subsection (b), Section 531.02492, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  The commission shall electronically publish on the | 
      
        |  | commission's Internet website [ prepare and deliver] a biennial | 
      
        |  | report and, on or before the date the report is due, shall notify | 
      
        |  | [ to] the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the | 
      
        |  | house of representatives, the comptroller, the Legislative Budget | 
      
        |  | Board, and the appropriate legislative committees that the report | 
      
        |  | is available on the commission's Internet website.  The report must | 
      
        |  | address [ on] the efforts of the health and human services agencies | 
      
        |  | to provide health and human services to children younger than six | 
      
        |  | years of age.  The report may contain recommendations by the | 
      
        |  | commission to better coordinate state agency programs relating to | 
      
        |  | the delivery of health and human services to children younger than | 
      
        |  | six years of age and may propose joint agency collaborative | 
      
        |  | programs. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 32.  Subsection (c), Section 531.103, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  The commission and the office of the attorney general | 
      
        |  | shall jointly prepare and submit a semiannual report to the | 
      
        |  | governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of | 
      
        |  | representatives[ , and comptroller] concerning the activities of | 
      
        |  | those agencies in detecting and preventing fraud, waste, and abuse | 
      
        |  | under the state Medicaid program or other program administered by | 
      
        |  | the commission or a health and human services agency.  The report | 
      
        |  | may be consolidated with any other report relating to the same | 
      
        |  | subject matter the commission or office of the attorney general is | 
      
        |  | required to submit under other law. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 33.  Subsection (e), Section 531.108, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (e)  The commission shall submit to the governor and | 
      
        |  | Legislative Budget Board an annual [ a semiannual] report on the | 
      
        |  | results of computerized matching of commission information with | 
      
        |  | information from neighboring states, if any, and information from | 
      
        |  | the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.  The report may be | 
      
        |  | consolidated with any other report relating to the same subject | 
      
        |  | matter the commission is required to submit under other law. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 34.  Subsection (e), Section 614.102, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (e)  The director shall prepare an annual written report on | 
      
        |  | the activity, status, and effectiveness of the fund and shall | 
      
        |  | submit the report to the lieutenant governor and[ ,] the speaker of | 
      
        |  | the house of representatives[ , and the comptroller] before November | 
      
        |  | 1 of each year. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 35.  Subsection (j), Section 661.202, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (j)  A state agency shall maintain [ file] a written statement | 
      
        |  | [ with the state auditor] covering the policies and procedures for | 
      
        |  | an extension of leave under Subsection (i) and shall make the | 
      
        |  | statement available to all agency employees.  The state agency | 
      
        |  | shall provide a copy of the statement to the state auditor on | 
      
        |  | request. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 36.  Subsection (a), Section 663.052, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The commission shall report to the legislature not later | 
      
        |  | than December 1 of each even-numbered year [ legislative session]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 37.  Section 802.301, Government Code, is amended by | 
      
        |  | adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (h)  The board shall provide to the Legislative Budget Board a | 
      
        |  | copy of any actuarial impact statement required under this section. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 38.  Subsections (c) and (d), Section 825.108, | 
      
        |  | Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  A copy of the report required by Subsection (a) must be | 
      
        |  | filed with the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of | 
      
        |  | the house of representatives, the State Pension Review Board, and | 
      
        |  | the legislative audit committee[ , and the state auditor] no later | 
      
        |  | than December 15 of each year. | 
      
        |  | (d)  A copy of the report required by Subsection (b) must be | 
      
        |  | filed with the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of | 
      
        |  | the house of representatives, the State Pension Review Board, and | 
      
        |  | the legislative audit committee[ , and the state auditor] no later | 
      
        |  | than March 1 of each year. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 39.  Subsection (e), Section 825.407, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (e)  After the end of each fiscal year, the retirement system | 
      
        |  | shall report to the comptroller of public accounts [ and the State  | 
      
        |  | Auditor] the name of any general academic teaching institution and | 
      
        |  | any medical and dental unit delinquent in the reimbursement of | 
      
        |  | contributions under this section for the preceding fiscal year and | 
      
        |  | the amount by which each reported institution or unit is | 
      
        |  | delinquent. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 40.  Subsection (b), Section 1231.086, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  On November 15 of each year, the board shall send to the | 
      
        |  | lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house, and each member of | 
      
        |  | the legislature[ , and the joint committee] a report of the | 
      
        |  | information received under this subchapter for the fiscal year | 
      
        |  | ending August 31 of that year. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 41.  Subsection (d), Section 2054.1015, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (d)  A state agency shall notify the department and[ ,] the | 
      
        |  | Legislative Budget Board[ , and the state auditor's office] if the | 
      
        |  | agency makes a substantive change to a planned procurement schedule | 
      
        |  | for commodity items. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 42.  Section 2102.0091, Government Code, is amended | 
      
        |  | by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  A state agency shall file with the Sunset Advisory | 
      
        |  | Commission, the Governor's Office of Budget, Planning, and Policy | 
      
        |  | [ budget division of the governor's office], the state auditor, and | 
      
        |  | the Legislative Budget Board a copy of each report submitted to the | 
      
        |  | state agency's governing board or the administrator of the state | 
      
        |  | agency if the state agency does not have a governing board by the | 
      
        |  | agency's internal auditor. | 
      
        |  | (c)  In addition to the requirements of Subsection (a), a | 
      
        |  | state agency shall file with the Governor's Office of Budget, | 
      
        |  | Planning, and Policy [ budget division of the governor's office], | 
      
        |  | the state auditor, and the Legislative Budget Board any action plan | 
      
        |  | or other response issued by the state agency's governing board or | 
      
        |  | the administrator of the state agency if the state agency does not | 
      
        |  | have a governing board in response to the report of the state | 
      
        |  | agency's internal auditor. | 
      
        |  | (d)  If the state agency does not file the report as required | 
      
        |  | by this section, the Legislative Budget Board or the Governor's | 
      
        |  | Office of Budget, Planning, and Policy may take appropriate action | 
      
        |  | to compel the filing of the report. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 43.  Section 2165.055, Government Code, is amended | 
      
        |  | to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 2165.055.  REPORT ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS AND REPAIRS.  Not | 
      
        |  | later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the [ The] | 
      
        |  | commission [ biennially on December 1st] shall report to the | 
      
        |  | governor: | 
      
        |  | (1)  all improvements and repairs that have been made, | 
      
        |  | with an itemized account of receipts and expenditures; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the condition of all property under its control, | 
      
        |  | with an estimate of needed improvements and repairs. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 44.  Subsections (f) and (h), Section 2165.1061, | 
      
        |  | Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (f)  The commission shall conduct a study of the commission's | 
      
        |  | efforts to colocate administrative office space at least once each | 
      
        |  | fiscal biennium and shall include the findings of the study in the | 
      
        |  | commission's master facilities plan required under Section | 
      
        |  | 2166.102 [ report the findings to the Governor's Office of Budget  | 
      
        |  | and Planning, the Legislative Budget Board, and the comptroller not  | 
      
        |  | later than July 1 of each even-numbered year]. | 
      
        |  | (h)  In addition to the requirements of Subsection (f), not | 
      
        |  | later than July 1 of each even-numbered year, the commission shall | 
      
        |  | complete a study on the amount of each state agency's | 
      
        |  | administrative office space in Travis County to identify locations | 
      
        |  | that exceed the space limitations prescribed by Section 2165.104(c) | 
      
        |  | and include the findings of the study in the commission's master | 
      
        |  | facilities plan required under Section 2166.102 [ report the  | 
      
        |  | findings to the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning, the  | 
      
        |  | Legislative Budget Board, and the comptroller].  The findings | 
      
        |  | [ report] shall include: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the location of office space that exceeds the | 
      
        |  | space limitations prescribed by Section 2165.104(c); | 
      
        |  | (2)  the amount of excess space; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the cost of the excess space; | 
      
        |  | (4)  the expiration dates of any leases covering the | 
      
        |  | excess space; | 
      
        |  | (5)  the amount of exempt and nonexempt space under | 
      
        |  | Section 2165.104(c); and | 
      
        |  | (6)  recommendations for the most cost-effective | 
      
        |  | method by which a state agency could comply with the requirements of | 
      
        |  | Section 2165.104(c), including recommendations that identify the | 
      
        |  | amount and cost of office space that could be reduced or eliminated, | 
      
        |  | state the moving costs and expenses associated with reductions in | 
      
        |  | space, and state the earliest date by which the space reductions | 
      
        |  | could be feasibly achieved. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 45.  Subsections (d) and (e), Section 2166.101, | 
      
        |  | Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (d)  The commission shall summarize its findings on the | 
      
        |  | status of state-owned buildings and current information on | 
      
        |  | construction costs and include the summary in the commission's | 
      
        |  | master facilities plan required under Section 2166.102 [ in a report  | 
      
        |  | it shall make available to the governor, the legislature, and the  | 
      
        |  | state's budget offices]. | 
      
        |  | (e)  State agencies, departments, and institutions shall | 
      
        |  | cooperate with the commission in providing any [ the] information | 
      
        |  | needed by the commission to comply with this section [ necessary for  | 
      
        |  | the report]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 46.  The heading to Section 2166.103, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 2166.103.  FINDINGS ON [ BIENNIAL REPORT ON] SPACE | 
      
        |  | NEEDS. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 47.  Subsection (b), Section 2166.103, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  The [ Before each legislative session, the] commission | 
      
        |  | shall identify [ send to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the  | 
      
        |  | speaker of the house of representatives, and the Legislative Budget  | 
      
        |  | Board a report identifying] counties in which more than 50,000 | 
      
        |  | square feet of usable office space is needed and make [ the  | 
      
        |  | commission's] recommendations for meeting that need.  The | 
      
        |  | commission may recommend leasing or purchasing and renovating one | 
      
        |  | or more existing buildings or constructing one or more buildings. | 
      
        |  | The commission shall include the commission's findings and | 
      
        |  | recommendations in the commission's master facilities plan | 
      
        |  | required under Section 2166.102. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 48.  The heading to Section 2166.104, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 2166.104.  SUMMARY OF [ BIENNIAL REPORT ON] REQUESTED | 
      
        |  | PROJECTS. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 49.  Subsections (a), (b), and (d), Section | 
      
        |  | 2166.104, Government Code, are amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The [ On or before a date specified by the state's budget  | 
      
        |  | agencies in each year immediately preceding a regular session of  | 
      
        |  | the legislature, the] commission shall compile a list of and | 
      
        |  | summarize [ send to the budget agencies a report listing] all | 
      
        |  | projects requested under Subchapter D.  The commission shall | 
      
        |  | include the summary in the commission's master facilities plan | 
      
        |  | required under Section 2166.102. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The summary [ report] must include [contain]: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a brief and specific justification prepared by the | 
      
        |  | using agency for each project; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a summary of the project analysis or, if the | 
      
        |  | analysis was not made, a statement briefly describing the method | 
      
        |  | used to estimate costs for the project; | 
      
        |  | (3)  a project cost estimate developed in accordance | 
      
        |  | with Subchapter D, detailed enough to allow the budget agencies, | 
      
        |  | the governor, and the legislature the widest possible latitude in | 
      
        |  | developing policy regarding each project request; | 
      
        |  | (4)  an estimate, prepared by the commission with the | 
      
        |  | cooperation of both the using agency and any private design | 
      
        |  | professional retained, of the annual cost of maintaining the | 
      
        |  | completed project, including the estimated cost of utility | 
      
        |  | services; and | 
      
        |  | (5)  an estimate, prepared by the using agency, of the | 
      
        |  | annual cost of staffing and operating the completed project, | 
      
        |  | excluding maintenance cost. | 
      
        |  | (d)  If a using agency requests three or more projects, it | 
      
        |  | shall designate its priority rating for each project.  The budget | 
      
        |  | agencies shall, with the commission's cooperation, develop | 
      
        |  | detailed instructions to implement the priority system required by | 
      
        |  | this subsection.  The commission's summary [ report] must show the | 
      
        |  | designated priority of each project to which a priority rating has | 
      
        |  | been assigned. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 50.  Subchapter I, Chapter 2166, Government Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended by adding Section 2166.409 to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 2166.409.  STATE AGENCY ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM. | 
      
        |  | (a)  Each state agency shall develop a plan for conserving energy | 
      
        |  | that includes a percentage goal for reducing the agency's use of | 
      
        |  | electricity, gasoline, and natural gas. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Each state agency shall file a quarterly report with the | 
      
        |  | governor and the Legislative Budget Board listing the goals | 
      
        |  | identified in the agency's energy conservation plan and a | 
      
        |  | description of the progress made by the agency in meeting those | 
      
        |  | goals.  The report must include ideas for additional energy savings | 
      
        |  | developed by the agency. | 
      
        |  | (c)  Each state agency shall make the report required under | 
      
        |  | Subsection (b) available to the public by posting the report in a | 
      
        |  | conspicuous place on the agency's Internet website. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 51.  Subsection (c), Section 2205.039, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  A state agency other than the Texas Department of | 
      
        |  | Transportation [ board] shall send the agency's travel logs to the | 
      
        |  | department on an annual basis.  An agency is not required to file a | 
      
        |  | travel log with the department if the agency did not operate an | 
      
        |  | aircraft during the period covered by the travel log [ board each  | 
      
        |  | month in which the agency operates an aircraft]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 52.  Subsection (b), Section 2262.052, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, as amended by Chapters 309 (H.B. 3042) and 785 (S.B. 19), Acts | 
      
        |  | of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is reenacted to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  Subject to the legislative audit committee's approval | 
      
        |  | of including the work described by this subsection in the audit plan | 
      
        |  | under Section 321.013(c), the state auditor may: | 
      
        |  | (1)  periodically monitor compliance with this | 
      
        |  | section; | 
      
        |  | (2)  report any noncompliance to: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the governor; | 
      
        |  | (B)  the lieutenant governor; | 
      
        |  | (C)  the speaker of the house of representatives; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (D)  the team; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  assist, in coordination with the attorney general | 
      
        |  | and the comptroller, a noncomplying state agency to comply with | 
      
        |  | this section. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 53.  Subsection (c), Section 2306.0721, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  The plan must include: | 
      
        |  | (1)  an estimate and analysis of the housing needs of | 
      
        |  | the following populations in each uniform state service region: | 
      
        |  | (A)  individuals and families of moderate, low, | 
      
        |  | very low, and extremely low income; | 
      
        |  | (B)  individuals with special needs; and | 
      
        |  | (C)  homeless individuals; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a proposal to use all available housing resources | 
      
        |  | to address the housing needs of the populations described by | 
      
        |  | Subdivision (1) by establishing funding levels for all | 
      
        |  | housing-related programs; | 
      
        |  | (3)  an estimate of the number of federally assisted | 
      
        |  | housing units available for individuals and families of low and | 
      
        |  | very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform | 
      
        |  | state service region; | 
      
        |  | (4)  a description of state programs that govern the | 
      
        |  | use of all available housing resources; | 
      
        |  | (5)  a resource allocation plan that targets all | 
      
        |  | available housing resources to individuals and families of low and | 
      
        |  | very low income and individuals with special needs in each uniform | 
      
        |  | state service region; | 
      
        |  | (6)  a description of the department's efforts to | 
      
        |  | monitor and analyze the unused or underused federal resources of | 
      
        |  | other state agencies for housing-related services and services for | 
      
        |  | homeless individuals and the department's recommendations to | 
      
        |  | ensure the full use by the state of all available federal resources | 
      
        |  | for those services in each uniform state service region; | 
      
        |  | (7)  strategies to provide housing for individuals and | 
      
        |  | families with special needs in each uniform state service region; | 
      
        |  | (8)  a description of the department's efforts to | 
      
        |  | encourage in each uniform state service region the construction of | 
      
        |  | housing units that incorporate energy efficient construction and | 
      
        |  | appliances; | 
      
        |  | (9)  an estimate and analysis of the housing supply in | 
      
        |  | each uniform state service region; | 
      
        |  | (10)  an inventory of all publicly and, where possible, | 
      
        |  | privately funded housing resources, including public housing | 
      
        |  | authorities, housing finance corporations, community housing | 
      
        |  | development organizations, and community action agencies; | 
      
        |  | (11)  strategies for meeting rural housing needs; | 
      
        |  | (12)  a biennial action plan for colonias that: | 
      
        |  | (A)  addresses current policy goals for colonia | 
      
        |  | programs, strategies to meet the policy goals, and the projected | 
      
        |  | outcomes with respect to the policy goals; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  includes information on the demand for | 
      
        |  | contract-for-deed conversions, services from self-help centers, | 
      
        |  | consumer education, and other colonia resident services in counties | 
      
        |  | some part of which is within 150 miles of the international border | 
      
        |  | of this state; and | 
      
        |  | (13)  a summary of public comments received at a | 
      
        |  | hearing under this chapter or from another source that concern the | 
      
        |  | demand for colonia resident services described by Subdivision | 
      
        |  | (12)[ ; and | 
      
        |  | [ (14)  any other housing-related information that the  | 
      
        |  | state is required to include in the one-year action plan of the  | 
      
        |  | consolidated plan submitted annually to the United States  | 
      
        |  | Department of Housing and Urban Development]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 54.  Subsection (a), Section 2306.559, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The corporation shall file an annual report of the | 
      
        |  | financial activity of the corporation with the department.  The | 
      
        |  | corporation's board of directors shall submit the report to the | 
      
        |  | governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of | 
      
        |  | representatives, and comptroller[ , and Legislative Budget Board]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 55.  Subsection (a), Section 2306.560, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The corporation shall hire an independent certified | 
      
        |  | public accountant to audit the corporation's books and accounts for | 
      
        |  | each fiscal year.  The corporation shall file a copy of the audit | 
      
        |  | with the department and shall submit the audit report to the | 
      
        |  | governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of | 
      
        |  | representatives, comptroller, Bond Review Board, and State | 
      
        |  | Auditor's Office[ , and Legislative Budget Board] not later than the | 
      
        |  | 30th day after the submission date established in the General | 
      
        |  | Appropriations Act for the annual financial report. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 56.  Section 103.013, Health and Safety Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (g)  The report required under Subsection (f) may be | 
      
        |  | published electronically on a state agency's Internet website.  A | 
      
        |  | state agency that electronically publishes a report under this | 
      
        |  | subsection shall notify each agency entitled to receive a copy of | 
      
        |  | the report that the report is available on the agency's Internet | 
      
        |  | website on or before the date the report is due. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 57.  Subsection (b), Section 161.0211, Health and | 
      
        |  | Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  The department may conduct those investigations to | 
      
        |  | determine the nature and extent of the disease or environmental | 
      
        |  | exposure believed to be harmful to the public health.  Any findings | 
      
        |  | or determinations from such investigations that relate to | 
      
        |  | environmental exposures believed to be harmful to the public shall | 
      
        |  | be reported in writing to the Texas [ Natural Resource Conservation] | 
      
        |  | Commission on Environmental Quality, and the two agencies shall | 
      
        |  | coordinate corrective measures as appropriate.  The department | 
      
        |  | shall use generally accepted methods of epidemiology or toxicology | 
      
        |  | in the conduct of an investigation. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 58.  Section 534.068, Health and Safety Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (g) to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a-1)  The audit required under Subsection (a) may be | 
      
        |  | published electronically on an authority's Internet website.  An | 
      
        |  | authority that electronically publishes an audit under this | 
      
        |  | subsection shall notify the department that the audit is available | 
      
        |  | on the authority's Internet website on or before the date the audit | 
      
        |  | is due. | 
      
        |  | (g)  The report required under Subsection (f) may be | 
      
        |  | published electronically on the department's Internet website.  The | 
      
        |  | department shall notify each entity entitled to receive a copy of | 
      
        |  | the report that the report is available on the department's | 
      
        |  | Internet website on or before the date the report is due. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 59.  Subsection (b), Section 22.0251, Human | 
      
        |  | Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  The department shall submit to the governor and[ ,] the | 
      
        |  | Legislative Budget Board[ , and the Health and Human Services  | 
      
        |  | Commission] a semiannual report detailing the department's | 
      
        |  | progress in reaching its goals under Subsection (a)(2).  The report | 
      
        |  | may be consolidated with any other report relating to the same | 
      
        |  | subject that the department is required to submit under other law. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 60.  Subsection (b), Section 22.0252, Human | 
      
        |  | Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  The department shall submit to the governor and[ ,] the | 
      
        |  | Legislative Budget Board an annual[ , and the Health and Human  | 
      
        |  | Services Commission a semiannual] report on the operation and | 
      
        |  | success of the telephone collection program.  The report may be | 
      
        |  | consolidated with any other report relating to the same subject | 
      
        |  | that the department is required to submit under other law. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 61.  Subsection (d), Section 22.0292, Human | 
      
        |  | Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (d)  The department shall submit to the governor and[ ,] the | 
      
        |  | Legislative Budget Board an annual[ , and the Health and Human  | 
      
        |  | Services Commission a semiannual] report on the operation and | 
      
        |  | success of the information matching system required by this | 
      
        |  | section.  The report may be consolidated with any other report | 
      
        |  | relating to the same subject matter the department is required to | 
      
        |  | submit under other law. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 62.  Section 51.006, Human Resources Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 51.006.  REPORT.  (a)  Not later than November 1 of each | 
      
        |  | even-numbered year, the department shall publish a report that | 
      
        |  | summarizes reports from family violence centers under contract with | 
      
        |  | the department and that analyzes the effectiveness of the contracts | 
      
        |  | authorized by this chapter.  The reports must include information | 
      
        |  | on the expenditure of funds authorized under this chapter, the | 
      
        |  | services provided, the number of persons for whom a service was | 
      
        |  | provided, and any other information relating to the provision of | 
      
        |  | family violence services.  The report may be combined with the | 
      
        |  | report required by Section 21.011.  Copies of the report shall be | 
      
        |  | submitted to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of | 
      
        |  | the house of representatives, the Legislative Budget Board, and the | 
      
        |  | standing committees of the senate and house of representatives | 
      
        |  | having primary jurisdiction over the department. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The report required under Subsection (a) may be | 
      
        |  | published electronically on the department's Internet website.  The | 
      
        |  | department shall notify each agency entitled to receive a copy of | 
      
        |  | the report that the report is available on the department's | 
      
        |  | Internet website on or before the date the report is due. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 63.  Subsection (a), Section 114.008, Human | 
      
        |  | Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The agencies represented on the council and the public | 
      
        |  | members shall report to the council any requirements identified by | 
      
        |  | the agency or person to provide additional or improved services to | 
      
        |  | persons with autism or other pervasive developmental disorders. | 
      
        |  | Not later than November 1 of each even-numbered year, the council | 
      
        |  | shall prepare and deliver to the executive commissioner of the | 
      
        |  | Health and Human Services Commission, the governor, the lieutenant | 
      
        |  | governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives a report | 
      
        |  | summarizing the recommendations. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 64.  Section 122.022, Human Resources Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 122.022.  REPORTS.  (a)  On or before November 1 of each | 
      
        |  | year, the council shall file with the governor and the presiding | 
      
        |  | officer of each house of the legislature a copy of the annual | 
      
        |  | financial report prepared by the council under Section 2101.011, | 
      
        |  | Government Code [ complete and detailed written report accounting  | 
      
        |  | for all funds received and disbursed by the council during the  | 
      
        |  | preceding year.  The annual report must meet the reporting  | 
      
        |  | requirements applicable to financial reporting provided in the  | 
      
        |  | General Appropriations Act]. | 
      
        |  | (b)  As part of the report filed under Subsection (a), the | 
      
        |  | council shall provide [ The report submitted under this section must  | 
      
        |  | include]: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the number of persons with disabilities, according | 
      
        |  | to their type of disability, who are employed in community | 
      
        |  | rehabilitation programs participating in the programs established | 
      
        |  | by this chapter or who are employed by businesses or workshops that | 
      
        |  | receive supportive employment from community rehabilitation | 
      
        |  | programs; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the amount of annual wages paid to a person | 
      
        |  | participating in the program; | 
      
        |  | (3)  a summary of the sale of products offered by a | 
      
        |  | community rehabilitation program; | 
      
        |  | (4)  a list of products and services offered by a | 
      
        |  | community rehabilitation program; | 
      
        |  | (5)  the geographic distribution of the community | 
      
        |  | rehabilitation programs; | 
      
        |  | (6)  the number of nondisabled workers who are employed | 
      
        |  | in community rehabilitation programs under this chapter; and | 
      
        |  | (7)  the average and range of weekly earnings for | 
      
        |  | disabled and nondisabled workers who are employed in community | 
      
        |  | rehabilitation programs under this chapter. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 65.  Subsection (g), Section 134.0041, Human | 
      
        |  | Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (g)  A state agency or medical school affected by the plan | 
      
        |  | shall use the plan as the basis for its request for appropriations | 
      
        |  | during the next biennium unless the agency or school disagrees with | 
      
        |  | the plan.  If the agency or school disagrees with the plan or | 
      
        |  | intends to deviate from the plan in its budget request, the agency | 
      
        |  | or school shall submit to the council[ , Legislative Budget Board,] | 
      
        |  | and the Governor's Office of Budget, Planning, and Policy | 
      
        |  | [ governor's budget office] a written explanation of each | 
      
        |  | disagreement or deviation and the reason for the disagreement or | 
      
        |  | deviation.  The state agency or medical school must submit the | 
      
        |  | written explanation not later than November 1 of the year in which | 
      
        |  | the plan is prepared. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 66.  Subsection (a), Section 32.021, Insurance Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The department shall file annually with the governor and | 
      
        |  | the presiding officer of each house of the legislature a complete | 
      
        |  | and detailed written report that includes: | 
      
        |  | (1)  [ an accounting of all funds received and disbursed  | 
      
        |  | by the department during the preceding fiscal year; | 
      
        |  | [ (2)]  a description of the commissioner's official | 
      
        |  | acts; | 
      
        |  | (2) [ (3)]  a description of the condition of companies | 
      
        |  | doing business in this state; and | 
      
        |  | (3) [ (4)]  other information that exhibits the affairs | 
      
        |  | of the department. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 67.  Subsection (d), Section 21.003, Labor Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (d)  The commission at least annually shall make a | 
      
        |  | comprehensive written report on the commission's activities to the | 
      
        |  | governor and to the legislature. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 68.  The heading to Section 21.553, Labor Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 21.553.  COOPERATION WITH COMPTROLLER AND UNIFORM | 
      
        |  | STATEWIDE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM; REPORT [ TO LEGISLATURE]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 69.  Subsection (b), Section 21.553, Labor Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  The commission shall conduct an analysis of the | 
      
        |  | information reported to the commission under this subchapter and | 
      
        |  | report the results of that analysis to the legislature, the | 
      
        |  | Legislative Budget Board, and the governor not later than January 1 | 
      
        |  | of each odd-numbered year [ the fifth day of each regular session of  | 
      
        |  | the legislature].  The report required under this subsection must | 
      
        |  | be written in plain language. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 70.  Subsection (b), Section 506.002, Labor Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  The workers' compensation division of the office of the | 
      
        |  | attorney general shall send to the comptroller [ and the state  | 
      
        |  | auditor] a copy of each statement of amounts due from an agency or | 
      
        |  | other instrumentality of state government that, with funds that are | 
      
        |  | held outside the state treasury, reimburses the general revenue | 
      
        |  | fund for workers' compensation payments made out of the general | 
      
        |  | revenue fund. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 71.  The heading to Section 91.1135, Natural | 
      
        |  | Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 91.1135.  OIL AND GAS REGULATION AND [ OIL-FIELD] | 
      
        |  | CLEANUP FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 72.  Subsections (a), (d), (e), (f), and (g), | 
      
        |  | Section 91.1135, Natural Resources Code, are amended to read as | 
      
        |  | follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  In this section, "committee" means the Oil and Gas | 
      
        |  | Regulation and [ Oil-Field] Cleanup Fund Advisory Committee. | 
      
        |  | (d)  The committee shall: | 
      
        |  | (1)  meet at least quarterly with the commission; | 
      
        |  | (2)  receive information about rules proposed by the | 
      
        |  | commission relating to the oil and gas regulation and [ oil-field] | 
      
        |  | cleanup fund; | 
      
        |  | (3)  review recommendations for legislation proposed | 
      
        |  | by the commission; and | 
      
        |  | (4)  monitor the effectiveness of the oil and gas | 
      
        |  | regulation and [ oil-field] cleanup fund. | 
      
        |  | (e)  The commission shall provide quarterly reports to the | 
      
        |  | committee and the Legislative Budget Board that include: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the following information with respect to the | 
      
        |  | period since the last report was provided as well as cumulatively: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the amount of money deposited in the oil and | 
      
        |  | gas regulation and [ oil-field] cleanup fund; | 
      
        |  | (B)  the amount of money spent from the fund; | 
      
        |  | (C)  the balance of the fund; | 
      
        |  | (D)  the number of wells plugged with money from | 
      
        |  | the fund; | 
      
        |  | (E)  the number of sites remediated with money | 
      
        |  | from the fund; and | 
      
        |  | (F)  the number of wells abandoned; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  any additional information or data requested in | 
      
        |  | writing by the committee. | 
      
        |  | (f)  The committee may: | 
      
        |  | (1)  submit to the commission comments of the committee | 
      
        |  | regarding proposed rules relating to the oil and gas regulation and | 
      
        |  | [ oil-field] cleanup fund; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  request reports and other information from the | 
      
        |  | commission as necessary to implement this section. | 
      
        |  | (g)  Not later than November 15 of each even-numbered year, | 
      
        |  | the committee shall report to the governor, lieutenant governor, | 
      
        |  | and speaker of the house of representatives on the committee's | 
      
        |  | activities.  The report must include: | 
      
        |  | (1)  an analysis of any problems with the | 
      
        |  | administration of the oil and gas regulation and [ oil-field] | 
      
        |  | cleanup fund; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  recommendations for any legislation needed to | 
      
        |  | address any problems identified with the administration of the fund | 
      
        |  | or otherwise needed to further the purposes of the fund. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 73.  Section 141.079, Natural Resources Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 141.079.  REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.  Not later than | 
      
        |  | January 1 of each odd-numbered year [ During the first 30 days of  | 
      
        |  | each regular session of the legislature], the commissioner shall | 
      
        |  | report to the legislature on the status of the exploration, | 
      
        |  | development, and production of geothermal energy and associated | 
      
        |  | resources under the land governed by this subchapter. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 74.  Section 161.2111, Natural Resources Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 161.2111.  REPORT TO BOND REVIEW BOARD.  With respect to | 
      
        |  | purchases made under this chapter, the Veterans' Land Board shall | 
      
        |  | file annually [ semiannually] with the Bond Review Board a report on | 
      
        |  | the performance of loans made by the Veterans' Land Board in | 
      
        |  | connection with the purchases.  The Bond Review Board shall review | 
      
        |  | the reports filed by the Veterans' Land Board under this section to | 
      
        |  | assess the performance of loans made under this chapter.  The filing | 
      
        |  | dates and the contents of the reports must comply with any rules | 
      
        |  | adopted by the Bond Review Board. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 75.  Subsection (e), Section 162.003, Natural | 
      
        |  | Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (e)  With respect to loans made under the program, the | 
      
        |  | Veterans' Land Board shall file annually [ semiannually] with the | 
      
        |  | Bond Review Board a report on the performance of the loans.  The | 
      
        |  | Bond Review Board shall review the reports filed by the Veterans' | 
      
        |  | Land Board under this subsection to assess the performance of loans | 
      
        |  | made under the program.  The filing dates and the contents of the | 
      
        |  | reports must comply with any rules adopted by the Bond Review Board. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 76.  Section 651.162, Occupations Code, is amended | 
      
        |  | to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 651.162.  BIENNIAL REPORT [ ANNUAL REPORTS]. | 
      
        |  | [ (b)]  The commission shall file biennially [annually] with | 
      
        |  | the governor a written description of the activities of the | 
      
        |  | commission during the two preceding fiscal years [ year]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 77.  Subsection (c), Section 228.012, | 
      
        |  | Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the | 
      
        |  | department shall submit to the Legislative Budget Board and the | 
      
        |  | Governor's Office of Budget, Planning, and Policy[ , in the format  | 
      
        |  | prescribed by the Legislative Budget Board,] a report on cash | 
      
        |  | balances in the subaccounts created under this section and | 
      
        |  | expenditures made with money in those subaccounts.  The report must | 
      
        |  | be in the form prescribed by the Legislative Budget Board. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 78.  Subsection (a), Section 456.008, | 
      
        |  | Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  Not later than January 1 of each year, the [ The] | 
      
        |  | commission by rule shall prepare and issue to the legislature a | 
      
        |  | report on [ the performance of] public transportation providers in | 
      
        |  | this state that received state or federal funding during the | 
      
        |  | previous 12-month period.  A [ The commission shall issue a] report | 
      
        |  | under this section must: | 
      
        |  | (1)  detail the performance of the transportation | 
      
        |  | providers during the preceding state fiscal year; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  include, as to each transportation provider, | 
      
        |  | monthly data on industry-utilized standards that best reflect | 
      
        |  | ridership, mileage, revenue by source, and service effectiveness | 
      
        |  | [ at least once each state fiscal year]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 79.  Section 12.203, Utilities Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 12.203.  BIENNIAL [ ANNUAL] REPORT.  Not later than | 
      
        |  | January 15 of each odd-numbered [ (a)  The commission shall prepare  | 
      
        |  | annually a complete and detailed written report accounting for all  | 
      
        |  | funds received and disbursed by the commission during the preceding  | 
      
        |  | fiscal year.  The annual report must meet the reporting  | 
      
        |  | requirements applicable to financial reporting in the General  | 
      
        |  | Appropriations Act. | 
      
        |  | [ (b)  In the annual report issued in the] year [preceding the  | 
      
        |  | convening of each regular session of the legislature], the | 
      
        |  | commission shall prepare a written report that includes [ make] | 
      
        |  | suggestions regarding modification and improvement of the | 
      
        |  | commission's statutory authority and for the improvement of utility | 
      
        |  | regulation in general that the commission considers appropriate for | 
      
        |  | protecting and furthering the interest of the public. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 80.  Subsection (c), Section 1, Chapter 413 (H.B. | 
      
        |  | 1966), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  Not later than December 1 of each year[ , 2009], the | 
      
        |  | Health and Human Services Commission shall submit an annual | 
      
        |  | [ initial] report to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board | 
      
        |  | regarding [ detailing] the e-prescribing implementation plan | 
      
        |  | developed under this section.  The report must include the | 
      
        |  | projected expenditures and cost savings anticipated for the plan | 
      
        |  | during the state fiscal year and the total expenditures associated | 
      
        |  | with and cost savings realized from the plan to date.  This | 
      
        |  | subsection expires January 1, 2015. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 81.  Section 34, Chapter 1409 (H.B. 4586), Acts of | 
      
        |  | the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, is amended by adding | 
      
        |  | Subsection (d) to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (d)  After an agency or institution that receives money | 
      
        |  | available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has | 
      
        |  | spent all the money received under that Act and completed all | 
      
        |  | projects related to that Act, the agency or institution is no longer | 
      
        |  | required to submit reports related to the agency's receipt of that | 
      
        |  | money to the Legislative Budget Board. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 82.  The following provisions are repealed: | 
      
        |  | (1)  Subsection (e), Section 22.004, Education Code; | 
      
        |  | (2)  Subsections (b) and (c), Section 54.777, Education | 
      
        |  | Code; | 
      
        |  | (3)  Subsection (d), Section 61.0761, Education Code; | 
      
        |  | (4)  Subsection (d), Section 74.004, Education Code; | 
      
        |  | (5)  Section 152.005, Education Code; | 
      
        |  | (6)  Section 152.006, Education Code; | 
      
        |  | (7)  Section 59.012, Family Code; | 
      
        |  | (8)  Subsection (d), Section 21.007, Government Code; | 
      
        |  | (9)  Subsection (e), Section 21.008, Government Code; | 
      
        |  | (10)  Subsection (c), Section 411.0097, Government | 
      
        |  | Code, as added by Chapter 556 (H.B. 1239), Acts of the 79th | 
      
        |  | Legislature, Regular Session, 2005; | 
      
        |  | (11)  Section 499.028, Government Code; | 
      
        |  | (12)  Section 825.510, Government Code; | 
      
        |  | (13)  Section 825.518, Government Code; | 
      
        |  | (14)  Subsections (d) and (e), Section 2161.121, | 
      
        |  | Government Code; | 
      
        |  | (15)  Subsection (e), Section 2165.2035, Government | 
      
        |  | Code; | 
      
        |  | (16)  Subsection (d), Section 2306.560, Government | 
      
        |  | Code; | 
      
        |  | (17)  Subsection (f), Section 101.0061, Human | 
      
        |  | Resources Code; | 
      
        |  | (18)  Subsection (b), Section 221.012, Human Resources | 
      
        |  | Code; | 
      
        |  | (19)  Subsection (c), Section 1575.170, Insurance | 
      
        |  | Code; | 
      
        |  | (20)  Subsection (b), Section 205.019, Labor Code; | 
      
        |  | (21)  Subsection (b), Section 6.156, Water Code; | 
      
        |  | (22)  Section 26.051, Water Code; | 
      
        |  | (23)  Section 26.561, Water Code; | 
      
        |  | (24)  Subsection (g), Section 21A, Texas Local Fire | 
      
        |  | Fighters Retirement Act (Article 6243e, Vernon's Texas Civil | 
      
        |  | Statutes); | 
      
        |  | (25)  Subsection (d), Section 1, Chapter 413 (H.B. | 
      
        |  | 1966), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009; and | 
      
        |  | (26)  Section 46, Chapter 1130 (H.B. 2086), Acts of the | 
      
        |  | 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 83.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |