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CS/HB 7065: Local Government Fiscal Transparency

GENERAL BILL by Government Accountability Committee ; Ways and Means Committee ; Burton ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Metz

Local Government Fiscal Transparency; Revises Legislative Auditing Committee duties; specifies purpose of local government fiscal transparency requirements; requires local governments to post certain voting record information on websites; requires property appraisers & local governments to post certain property tax information & history on websites; requires public notices for public hearings & meetings prior to certain increases of local government tax levies; specifies noticing & advertising requirements; requires local governments to conduct debt affordability analyses under specified conditions; provides method for local governments that do not operate website to post certain required information.

Effective Date: 7/1/2017
 Last Action: 5/5/2017 Senate - Died in Ethics and Elections
Bill Text: PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    3/9/2017 House • Filed
    • Introduced -HJ 331
    3/20/2017 House • Referred to Government Accountability Committee -HJ 395
    4/17/2017 House • PCS on Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 04/19/17, 8:00 am, Morris Hall
    4/19/2017 House • CS by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 8 -HJ 787
    4/20/2017 House • Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c)
    • Placed on Calendar -HJ 784
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/17
    • CS by Government Accountability Committee read 1st time -HJ 783
    4/25/2017 House • Read 2nd time -HJ 827
    • Amendment(s) adopted (115257) -HJ 828
    • Placed on 3rd reading
    4/26/2017 House • Read 3rd time -HJ 868
    • CS passed as amended; YEAS 98 NAYS 15 -HJ 868
    4/26/2017 Senate • In Messages
    4/30/2017 Senate • Referred to Ethics and Elections; Rules -SJ 612
    5/1/2017 Senate • Received -SJ 612
    5/5/2017 Senate • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
    • Died in Ethics and Elections

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  • CS/HB 7065, Engrossed 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/25/2017 at 4:10 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/26/2017 1:54 PM House 98 Yeas - 15 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (16)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.40 Legislative Auditing Committee. Page 2 (pdf)
    11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules. Page 5 (pdf)
    125.045 County economic development powers. Page 5 (pdf)
    166.021 Powers. Page 8 (pdf)
    218.32 Annual financial reports; local governmental entities. Page 20 (pdf)
    218.795 Page 11 (pdf)
    218.80 Public Bid Disclosure Act. Page 11 (pdf)
    218.801 Page 11 (pdf)
    218.803 Page 11 (pdf)
    218.805 Page 11 (pdf)
    218.81 Page 12 (pdf)
    218.82 Page 13 (pdf)
    218.83 Page 14 (pdf)
    218.84 Page 19 (pdf)
    218.88 Page 20 (pdf)
    218.89 Page 20 (pdf)

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  • CS/HB 7065, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 4/20/2017 at 3:33 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   None

    Floor Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Floor Action Format
    115257 - Amendment
    Remove lines 481-483 and insert:     		Burton 4/21/2017
    2:19 PM     		House: Adopted
    4/25/2017     		PDF

    Citations - Statutes (14)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.40 Legislative Auditing Committee. Page 2 (pdf)
    11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules. Page 5 (pdf)
    125.045 County economic development powers. Page 5 (pdf)
    166.021 Powers. Page 8 (pdf)
    218.32 Annual financial reports; local governmental entities. Page 20 (pdf)
    218.801 Page 11 (pdf)
    218.803 Page 11 (pdf)
    218.805 Page 11 (pdf)
    218.81 Page 12 (pdf)
    218.82 Page 13 (pdf)
    218.83 Page 14 (pdf)
    218.84 Page 19 (pdf)
    218.88 Page 20 (pdf)
    218.89 Page 20 (pdf)

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  • HB 7065, Original Filed Version Posted 3/9/2017 at 3:52 PM

    Bill Text:   PDF
    Analyses:   Government Accountability Committee (Post-Meeting) 4/20/2017 (pdf)

    Citations - Statutes (13)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    11.40 Legislative Auditing Committee. Page 2 (pdf)
    11.45 Definitions; duties; authorities; reports; rules. Page 4 (pdf)
    218.32 Annual financial reports; local governmental entities. Page 14 (pdf)
    218.795 Page 5 (pdf)
    218.80 Public Bid Disclosure Act. Page 5 (pdf)
    218.801 Page 5 (pdf)
    218.805 Page 6 (pdf)
    218.81 Page 7 (pdf)
    218.82 Page 8 (pdf)
    218.83 Page 9 (pdf)
    218.84 Page 13 (pdf)
    218.88 Page 14 (pdf)
    218.89 Page 14 (pdf)

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