HB 199 — A report by the Legislative Budget Board on the reliance

90R2666 CS-D By: Howard H.B. No. 199 relating to a report by the Legislative Budget Board on the reliance by this state on certain dedicated revenue for purposes of budget certification.

SECTION 1. Sections 322.024(a), (b), and (c), Government Code, are amended to read as follows: (a) In this section, "available dedicated revenue" means revenue that Section 403.095 , including any reenactment of Section 403.095, makes available for certification under Section 403.121. (b) The board shall: (1) develop and implement a process to review: (A) new legislative enactments that create dedicated revenue; and (B) the appropriation and accumulation of dedicated revenue and available dedicated revenue; (2) develop and implement tools to evaluate the use of available dedicated revenue for state government financing and budgeting; and (3) develop specific and detailed recommendations on actions the legislature may reasonably take to reduce state government's reliance on available dedicated revenue for the purposes of certification under Section 403.121 as authorized by Section 403.095 or by any reenactment of Section 403.095 . (c) The board shall : (1) incorporate into the board's budget recommendations for each state fiscal biennium appropriate measures to reduce state government's reliance on available dedicated revenue for the purposes of certification under Section 403.121 as authorized by Section 403.095 or by any reenactment of Section 403.095; and (2) [ shall ] include with the budget recommendations for each state fiscal biennium a plan adopted by the board [ plans ] for further reducing state government's reliance on available dedicated revenue for those purposes for the three state fiscal bienniums that follow the adoption of those budget recommendations [ succeeding six years ].

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.