By: Buckingham, Burton S.B. No. 1831       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to an annual report on state programs not funded by   appropriations.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 403.0147 to read as follows:          Sec. 403.0147.  REPORT ON STATE PROGRAMS NOT FUNDED BY   APPROPRIATIONS. (a)  In this section, "state agency" means an   agency, department, board, commission, or other entity in the   executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government.          (b)  Not later than December 31 of each year, the comptroller   shall submit a report to the legislature that identifies for each   state agency:                (1)  each program the state agency is statutorily   required to implement for which no appropriation was made for the   preceding state fiscal year, along with a citation to the law   imposing the requirement; and                (2)  the amount and source of money the state agency   spent, if any, to implement any portion of the program described by   Subdivision (1) during the preceding state fiscal year.          (c)  A state agency shall provide to the comptroller not   later than September 30 of each year information necessary for the   comptroller to prepare the report required by this section.  The   comptroller may prescribe the form and content of the information a   state agency must provide.          SECTION 2.  The comptroller of public accounts shall submit   the initial report required by Section 403.0147, Government Code,   as added by this Act, not later than December 31, 2017.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.