Sec. 751.022. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The office has primary responsibility for monitoring, coordinating, and reporting on the state's efforts to ensure receipt of an equitable share of federal formula funds.
(b) The office shall:
(1) serve as the state's clearinghouse for information on federal formula funds;
(2) prepare reports on federal funds and earned federal formula funds;
(3) analyze proposed and pending federal and state legislation to determine whether the legislation would have a significant negative effect on the state's ability to receive an equitable share of federal formula funds;
(4) make recommendations for coordination between state agencies and local governmental entities and between state agencies; and
(5) adopt rules under the rule-making procedures of the administrative procedure law, Chapter 2001, Government Code, as necessary to carry out the responsibilities assigned by this subchapter.
(c) The office shall annually prepare a comprehensive report to the legislature on the effectiveness of the state's efforts to ensure a receipt of an equitable share of federal formula funds for the preceding federal fiscal year. The report must include:
(1) an executive summary that provides an overview of the major findings and recommendations included in the report;
(2) a comparative analysis of the state's receipt of federal formula funds relative to other states, prepared using the best available sources of data;
(3) an analysis of federal formula funding trends that may have a significant effect on resources available to the state; and
(4) recommendations, developed in consultation with the Legislative Budget Board, the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning, and the comptroller, for any state legislative or administrative action necessary to increase the state's receipt of federal formula funds.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 4, Sec. 8.01, eff. Aug. 22, 1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(50), eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 306, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.