bill naming the state spending database Texas Checkbook

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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.