HB348 - Relating to the database of state expenditures maintained by the comptroller of public accounts.

  89R3853 CS-D     By: Leo Wilson H.B. No. 348       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.