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TX Govt Code § 2110.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2110 - State Agency Advisory Committees|Section 2110.008. Duration of Advisory Committees

Sec. 2110.008.  DURATION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEES.  (a)  A state agency that has established an advisory committee may designate the date on which the committee will automatically be abolished.  The designation must be by rule.  The committee may continue in existence after that date only if the agency amends the rule to provide for a different abolishment date.(b)  Unless the state agency that establishes an advisory committee designates a different date under Subsection (a), the committee is automatically abolished on the later of:(1)  September 1, 2005;  or(2)  the fourth anniversary of the date of its creation.(c)  An advisory committee that state or federal law has specifically created as described in Section 2110.0012(1) is considered for purposes of Subsection (b)(2) to have been created on the effective date of that law unless the law specifically provides for a different date of creation.(d)  This section does not apply to an advisory committee that has a specific duration prescribed by statute.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 16.01(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 52, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 2111.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2111 - State Agency Reporting of Technological Innovations|Section 2111.001. Definition

Sec. 2111.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "state agency":(1)  means an office, institution, or other agency that:(A)  is in the executive branch of state government;(B)  has authority that is not limited to a geographic portion of the state;  and(C)  was created by the constitution or a statute of this state;  and(2)  does not include an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 16.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 2111.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2111 - State Agency Reporting of Technological Innovations|Section 2111.002. Reporting

Sec. 2111.002.  REPORTING.  Each state agency shall report to the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives any technological innovation developed by the agency that:(1)  has potential commercial application, is proprietary, or could be protected under intellectual property laws; and(2)  was developed:(A)  during the preceding calendar year; or(B)  before the preceding calendar year but was not previously reported to the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 16.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 977 (H.B. 1820), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.|
TX Govt Code § 2112.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2112 - Utility Billing Audits by State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education|Section 2112.001. Audit Requirement

Sec. 2112.001.  AUDIT REQUIREMENT.  (a)  Except as provided by Section 2112.003, every four years each state agency and institution of higher education shall perform an audit of its electric, telephone, gas, and water utility billing during the preceding four years or the maximum recovery period.(b)  The agency or institution may contract with a private consultant in the performance of the audit.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 16.03(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 2112.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2112 - Utility Billing Audits by State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education|Section 2112.002. Facts Determined by Audit

Sec. 2112.002.  FACTS DETERMINED BY AUDIT.  The audit must provide information to allow the agency or institution to ensure that it is properly classified and subscribed and that the amounts paid for service are proper.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 16.03(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 2112.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2112 - Utility Billing Audits by State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education|Section 2112.003. Deciding Whether Audit Will Be Cost-Effective

Sec. 2112.003.  DECIDING WHETHER AUDIT WILL BE COST-EFFECTIVE.  (a)  Before the agency or institution conducts an audit, it shall analyze the potential benefit of the audit.(b)  The agency or institution is not required to perform the audit if it determines that the savings and refunds provided by the audit will not exceed its cost.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 16.03(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 2112.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2112 - Utility Billing Audits by State Agencies and Institutions of Higher Education|Section 2112.004. Recovering Refunds; Paying for Audit Out of Refunds

Sec. 2112.004.  RECOVERING REFUNDS;  PAYING FOR AUDIT OUT OF REFUNDS.  (a)  The audit must be funded from refunds received as a result of the audit.(b)  The agency or institution shall take appropriate action to recover any refund due.(c)  The attorney general may assist in recovering a refund.(d)  The amount of any refunds received shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue fund.  The costs of the audit shall be paid from amounts appropriated from those funds for that purpose.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 16.03(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 2114.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2114 - Customer Service|Section 2114.001. Definition

Sec. 2114.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "state agency" means a department, commission, board, office, or other agency in the executive or judicial branch of state government that is created under the constitution or a statute of this state.  The term includes an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Renumbered from Sec. 2113.001 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(70), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 2114.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2114 - Customer Service|Section 2114.002. Customer Service Input

Sec. 2114.002.  CUSTOMER SERVICE INPUT.  (a)  A state agency shall create an inventory of external customers for each budget strategy listed in the General Appropriations Act for that agency.(b)  Each agency shall gather information from customers using surveys, focus groups, mobile and web applications, or other appropriate methods approved by the Governor's Office of Budget and Policy and the Legislative Budget Board regarding the quality of service delivered by that agency.  The information requested shall be as specified by the Governor's Office of Budget and Policy and the Legislative Budget Board and may include evaluations of an agency's:(1)  facilities, including the customer's ability to access that agency, the office location, signs, and cleanliness;(2)  staff, including employee courtesy, friendliness, and knowledgeability, and whether staff members adequately identify themselves to customers by name, including the use of name plates or tags for accountability;(3)  communications, including toll-free telephone access, the average time a customer spends on hold, call transfers, access to a live person, letters, electronic mail, and any applicable text messaging or mobile applications;(4)  Internet site, including the ease of use of the site, mobile access to the site, information on the location of the site and the agency, and information accessible through the site such as a listing of services and programs and whom to contact for further information or to complain;(5)  complaint handling process, including whether it is easy to file a complaint and whether responses are timely;(6)  ability to timely serve its customers, including the amount of time a customer waits for service in person, by phone, by letter, or at a website; and(7)  brochures or other printed information, including the accuracy of that information.(c)  Not later than June 1 of each even-numbered year and on request of the Legislative Budget Board or the Governor's Office of Budget and Policy, an agency shall report on the information gathered under Subsection (b) to the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor's Office of Budget and Policy.(d)  Each agency maintains ownership of the information gathered under this section.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Renumbered from Sec. 2113.002 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(70), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 799 (H.B. 2110), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2114.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2114 - Customer Service|Section 2114.003. Performance Measures

Sec. 2114.003.  PERFORMANCE MEASURES.  The Legislative Budget Board and the Governor's Office of Budget and Policy shall jointly develop a standardized method to measure customer service satisfaction and create standardized performance measures for state agencies in this area.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Renumbered from Sec. 2113.003 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(70), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 799 (H.B. 2110), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2114.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2114 - Customer Service|Section 2114.004. Inspections

Sec. 2114.004.  INSPECTIONS.  The Legislative Budget Board and the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning may inspect a state agency and analyze its customer service performance by sending a customer service evaluator to confidentially pretend to be a customer of that agency.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.  Renumbered from Sec. 2113.004 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(70), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 2114.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2114 - Customer Service|Section 2114.005. Texas Star Award

Sec. 2114.005.  TEXAS STAR AWARD.  (a)  The Legislative Budget Board and the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning may award the "Texas Star" to a state agency that provides exemplary customer service based on the performance measures and standards adopted under this chapter.(b)  The board and the office of budget and planning shall conduct an evaluation to determine agencies that may qualify for the Texas Star award.  The evaluation shall be conducted under the procedures outlined in Sections 66-68, Article IX, Chapter 1452, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997 (the General Appropriations Act).|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Renumbered from Sec. 2113.005 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(70), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 2114.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2114 - Customer Service|Section 2114.006. Customer Relations Representative; Compact With Texans

Sec. 2114.006.  CUSTOMER RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE;  COMPACT WITH TEXANS.  (a)  A state agency shall appoint a customer relations representative.(b)  The representative shall:(1)  coordinate the state agency's customer service performance measurement under this chapter;(2)  gather information and evaluations from the public about an agency's customer service;(3)  respond to customer concerns;  and(4)  establish the agency's compact with Texans under Subsection (c).(c)  Each state agency shall create a "Compact With Texans."  The compact must be approved by the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning and the Legislative Budget Board.  Each Compact With Texans shall set customer service standards and describe customer service principles for that agency and address:(1)  the agency's procedures for responding to public contacts and complaints;(2)  applicable licensing and certification procedures;  and(3)  customer waiting time for access and service delivery and responses to complaints.(d)  Each agency that maintains a website shall publish its Compact With Texans on that website.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Renumbered from Sec. 2113.006 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(70), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 2114.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2114 - Customer Service|Section 2114.007. Rulemaking Authority

Sec. 2114.007.  RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.  (a)  The Governor's Office of Budget and Planning may adopt rules to implement this chapter.(b)  In developing the rules, the office of budget and planning shall consult with and consider the comments of the Legislative Budget Board.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1554, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Renumbered from Sec. 2113.007 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(70), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 2115.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2115 - Recovery of Certain State Agency Overpayments|Section 2115.001. Definitions

Sec. 2115.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Overpayment" includes a duplicate payment made to a vendor for a single invoice and a payment made to a vendor:(A)  when an available discount from the vendor was not applied;(B)  for a late payment penalty that was improperly applied by the vendor;(C)  for shipping costs that were computed incorrectly or incorrectly included in an invoice;(D)  for state sales tax; or(E)  for a good or service the vendor did not provide.(2)  "State agency" means a department, commission, board, office, or other agency, including a university system or an institution of higher education other than a public junior college, that:(A)  is in the executive branch of state government;(B)  is created by statute; and(C)  does not have statutory geographical boundaries limited to a part of the state.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 403 (S.B. 1569), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 899 (S.B. 1863), Sec. 2.01, eff. August 29, 2005.|
TX Govt Code § 2115.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2115 - Recovery of Certain State Agency Overpayments|Section 2115.002. Contract Consultants for Recovery Audits for Certain Overpayments

Sec. 2115.002.  CONTRACT CONSULTANTS FOR RECOVERY AUDITS FOR CERTAIN OVERPAYMENTS.  (a)  The comptroller may contract with one or more consultants to conduct recovery audits of payments made by state agencies to vendors.  The audits must be designed to detect and recover overpayments to the vendors and to recommend improved state agency accounting operations.(b)  A contract under this section:(1)  may provide for reasonable compensation for services provided under the contract, including compensation determined by the application of a specified percentage of the total amount recovered because of the consultant's audit activities or recommendations as a fee for services;(2)  may permit or require the consultant to pursue a judicial action in a court inside or outside this state to recover an overpaid amount; and(3)  may not allow a recovery audit of a payment during the 180-day period after the date the payment was made in order to allow time for the performance of existing state payment auditing procedures.(c)  The comptroller or a state agency whose payments are being audited may provide a person acting under a contract authorized by this section with any confidential information in the custody of the comptroller or state agency that is necessary for the performance of the audit or the recovery of an overpayment, to the extent the comptroller and state agency are not prohibited from sharing the information under an agreement with another state or the federal government.  A person acting under a contract authorized by this section, and each employee or agent of the person, is subject to all prohibitions against the disclosure of confidential information obtained from the state in connection with the contract that apply to the comptroller or applicable state agency or an employee of the comptroller or applicable state agency.  A person acting under a contract authorized by this section or an employee or agent of the person who discloses confidential information in violation of a prohibition made applicable to the person under this subsection is subject to the same sanctions and penalties that would apply to the comptroller or applicable state agency or an employee of the comptroller or applicable state agency for that disclosure.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 403 (S.B. 1569), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 899 (S.B. 1863), Sec. 2.01, eff. August 29, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 270 (S.B. 1571), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2115.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2115 - Recovery of Certain State Agency Overpayments|Section 2115.003. State Agencies Subject to Mandatory Recovery Audits

Sec. 2115.003.  STATE AGENCIES SUBJECT TO MANDATORY RECOVERY AUDITS.  (a)  The comptroller may require recovery audits on the payments to vendors made by each state agency that has total expenditures during a state fiscal biennium in an amount that exceeds $50 million.  A state agency subject to required audits under this subsection shall provide the recovery audit consultant with all information necessary for the audit.(a-1)  The comptroller may determine the frequency of recovery audits authorized by this section.(b)  The comptroller may exempt from the mandatory recovery audit process a state agency that has a low proportion of its expenditures made to vendors, according to criteria the comptroller adopts by rule after consideration of the likely costs and benefits of performing recovery audits for agencies that make relatively few or small payments to vendors.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 403 (S.B. 1569), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 899 (S.B. 1863), Sec. 2.01, eff. August 29, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 270 (S.B. 1571), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2115.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2115 - Recovery of Certain State Agency Overpayments|Section 2115.004. Payment to Contractors

Sec. 2115.004.  PAYMENT TO CONTRACTORS.  (a)  A state agency shall pay, from recovered money appropriated for the purpose, the recovery audit consultant responsible for obtaining for the agency a reimbursement from a vendor.(b)  A state agency shall expend or return to the federal government any federal money that is recovered through a recovery audit conducted under this chapter.  The state agency shall expend or return the federal money in accordance with the rules of the federal program through which the agency received the federal money.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 403 (S.B. 1569), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 899 (S.B. 1863), Sec. 2.01, eff. August 29, 2005.|
TX Govt Code § 2115.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle C - State Accounting, Fiscal Management, and Productivity|Chapter 2115 - Recovery of Certain State Agency Overpayments|Section 2115.005. Forwarding Reports

Sec. 2115.005.  FORWARDING REPORTS.  (a)  The comptroller shall provide copies, including electronic form copies, of any reports received from a consultant contracting under Section 2115.002 to:(1)  the governor;(2)  the state auditor's office; and(3)  the Legislative Budget Board.(b)  The comptroller shall provide the copies required by Subsection (a) not later than the 15th day after the date the comptroller receives the consultant's report.(c)  Not later than February 1 of each odd-numbered year, the comptroller shall issue a report to the legislature summarizing the activities conducted under this chapter during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31 of the previous year.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 403 (S.B. 1569), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 899 (S.B. 1863), Sec. 2.01, eff. August 29, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 270 (S.B. 1571), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 2151.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2151 - General Provisions|Section 2151.001. Short Title

Sec. 2151.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This subtitle may be cited as the State Purchasing and General Services Act.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Govt Code § 2151.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 10 - General Government|Subtitle D - State Purchasing and General Services|Chapter 2151 - General Provisions|Section 2151.002. Definition

Sec. 2151.002.  DEFINITION.  Except as otherwise provided by this subtitle, in this subtitle, "state agency" means:(1)  a department, commission, board, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government created by the state constitution or a state statute;(2)  the supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, or the Texas Judicial Council; or(3)  a university system or an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, except a public junior college.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.199, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 60, eff. June 19, 1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1422, Sec. 1.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 (H.B. 3560), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2007.|