88R13500 KBB-D     By: Johnson S.B. No. 1735       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a report by the Legislative Budget Board on the reliance   by this state on certain dedicated revenue for purposes of budget   certification.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          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, 2023.