Sec. 2052.402. EXAMINATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

(a) Not later than August 1, 2012, the executive director of each state agency shall:

(1) examine the agency's reporting requirements established by a state statute enacted before January 1, 2009, and not amended since that date, and identify each reporting requirement that the executive director determines:

(A) is not necessary to accomplish the objectives of the statute that contains the reporting requirement;

(B) is redundant of other statutory reporting requirements; or

(C) is required under statute to be provided at a frequency for which data is not available; and

(2) provide to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, chair of the House Committee on Government Efficiency and Reform, chair of the Senate Committee on Government Organization, chair of each standing committee of the senate and house of representatives with jurisdiction over the agency, Texas State Library and Archives Commission, and Legislative Budget Board an electronic report that includes:

(A) each statutory reporting requirement for which the executive director made a determination described by Subdivision (1); and

(B) the justification for the executive director's determination for each reporting requirement.

(b) The executive director may not include in the initial report issued under Subsection (a)(2) a reporting requirement that is required by federal law.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 990 , Sec. 4, eff. June 17, 2011.