85R637 KLA-D     By: Frank H.B. No. 1051       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to comparisons of state budgets made by the Legislative   Budget Board.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by   adding Section 322.0082 to read as follows:          Sec. 322.0082.  BUDGET COMPARISONS. (a) This section   applies only to a publicly available report or other document   prepared by the board that compares appropriations made for one   state fiscal biennium or year with the appropriations made for one   or more other state fiscal bienniums or years.          (b)  The board in a report or other document to which this   section applies shall ensure that a consistent accounting   methodology is used for purposes of the report or document by   adjusting the reported amount of appropriations made by the   legislature to a state agency or institution as necessary so that   the appropriations made for each of the state fiscal bienniums or   years being compared reflect the approved accounting methodology   for the latest of the state fiscal bienniums or years being   compared.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.