83R1559 CJC-D
	By: Nelson	S.B. No. 59

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to certain 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.  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 3.  Article 60.02(j), 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 4.  Section 32.157(a), 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 covers
	the 2012-2013 school year.
	SECTION 5.  Section 39.027(e), 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 6.  The heading to Section 39.332, Education Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 39.332.  COMPREHENSIVE BIENNIAL [ANNUAL] REPORT.
	SECTION 7.  Section 39.332(a), 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 preceding school year
	and containing the information described by Subsection (b).
	SECTION 8.  Section 54.633(j), 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 9.  Section 324.008(d), 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 10.  Section 431.034(a), 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 11.  Section 1231.086(b), 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 12.  Section 2054.1015(d), 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 13.  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 14.  Section 2306.559(a), 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 15.  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
	electronically published 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 16.  Section 161.0211(b), 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 17.  Section 114.008(a), 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 18.  Section 32.021(a), 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 19.  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 20.  Section 21.553(b), 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 21.  Section 506.002(b), 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 22.  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 23.  Sections 91.1135(a), (d), (e), (f), and (g),
	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 24.  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 25.  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 preceding fiscal year.
	SECTION 26.  Section 456.008(a), 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 27.  Section 12.203, Utilities Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 12.203.  BIENNIAL [ANNUAL] REPORT. Not later than
	December 1 of each [(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 28.  Section 1(c), 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 29.  The following provisions are repealed:
	(1)  Section 22.004(e), Education Code;
	(2)  Section 61.0761(d), Education Code;
	(3)  Section 74.004(d), Education Code;
	(4)  Section 825.518, Government Code;
	(5)  Section 2306.560(d), Government Code;
	(6)  Section 221.012(b), Human Resources Code;
	(7)  Section 1575.170(c), Insurance Code;
	(8)  Section 205.019(b), Labor Code;
	(9)  Section 6.156(b), Water Code;
	(10)  Section 46, Chapter 1130 (H.B. 2086), Acts of the
	81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009; and
	(11)  Section 1(d), Chapter 413 (H.B. 1966), Acts of
	the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009.
	SECTION 30.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.