Sec. 531.050. MINIMUM COLLECTION GOAL

(a) Before August 31 of each year, the commission, after consulting with the Texas Department of Human Services, by rule shall set a minimum goal for the Texas Department of Human Services that specifies the percentage of the amount of benefits granted by the department in error under the food stamp program or the program of financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, that the department should recover. The commission shall set the percentage based on comparable recovery rates reported by other states or other appropriate factors identified by the commission and the department.

(b) If the department fails to meet the goal set under Subsection (a) for the fiscal year, the commissioner shall notify the comptroller, and the comptroller shall reduce the department's general revenue appropriation by an amount equal to the difference between the amount of state funds the department would have collected had the department met the goal and the amount of state funds the department actually collected.

(c) The commission, the governor, and the Legislative Budget Board shall monitor the department's performance in meeting the goal set under this section. The department shall cooperate by providing to the commission, the governor, and the Legislative Budget Board, on request, information concerning the department's collection efforts.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1153, Sec. 1.05(a), eff. June 20, 1997. Renumbered from Sec. 531.047 by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 19.01(47), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.