Sec. 2161.127. LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTS. (a) Each state agency must include as part of its legislative appropriations request a detailed report for consideration by the budget committees of the legislature that shows the extent to which the agency complied with this chapter and rules of the comptroller adopted under this chapter during the two calendar years preceding the calendar year in which the request is submitted. To the extent the state agency did not comply, the report must demonstrate the reasons for that fact. The extent to which a state agency complies with this chapter and rules of the comptroller adopted under this chapter is considered a key performance measure for purposes of the appropriations process.

(b) The report under Subsection (a) must include:

(1) the agency's goals established under Section 2161.123(d)(5) for contracting with historically underutilized businesses during the two calendar years preceding the calendar year in which the request is submitted;

(2) a statement regarding whether the goals established under Section 2161.123(d)(5) were met during the two calendar years preceding the calendar year in which the request is submitted; and

(3) if the goals established under Section 2161.123(d)(5) were not met during the two calendar years preceding the calendar year in which the request is submitted:

(A) a statement of the percentage by which the agency's actual use of historically underutilized businesses deviated from the agency's goals; and

(B) an explanation of why the goals were not met.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1499, Sec. 2.09, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 (H.B. 3560), Sec. 1.25, eff. September 1, 2007.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1071 (H.B. 1524), Sec. 95, eff. September 1, 2019.