TITLE: Relating to the database of state expenditures maintained by the comptroller of public accounts.

SUMMARY: Relating to the database of state expenditures maintained by the comptroller of public accounts.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the database of state expenditures maintained by the comptroller of public accounts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 403.024(b), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The comptroller shall establish and post on the Internet a database of state expenditures, including contracts and grants, that is electronically searchable by the public except as provided by Subsection (d). The comptroller shall refer to the database as the Texas Checkbook and shall develop and maintain an Internet website separate from the comptroller's Internet website that is specifically for the purpose of posting the database. The address of the Internet website must include the term Texas Checkbook. The database must include: (1) the amount, date, payor, and payee of expenditures; and (2) a listing of state expenditures by: (A) object of expense with links to the warrant or check register level; and (B) to the extent maintained by state agency accounting systems in a reportable format, class and item levels. SECTION 2. Section 2054.126(f), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (f) Each state agency that maintains a generally accessible Internet site or for which a generally accessible Internet site is maintained shall include a link on the home page of the agency's Internet site to the state expenditure database established under Section 403.024. In this subsection, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 403.013. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.