Tex. Gov't Code § 327.002 · Chapter 327. EFFICIENCY AUDITS OF STATE AGENCIES
REQUIRED EFFICIENCY AUDIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each state agency shall undergo an efficiency audit in accordance with this chapter.
(b) The state auditor, subject to the legislative audit committee's approval, shall adopt a schedule for conducting the efficiency audits required by this chapter and include the annual portion of the schedule in the audit plan under Section 321.013. The schedule must provide for each state agency to be audited during the two-year period beginning on September 1 four years before the date the state agency is scheduled to be abolished under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act).
(c) A state agency required by law to perform an internal efficiency audit is not required to perform the audit in any year the state agency is audited under this chapter.
(d) A state agency shall pay the costs incurred by the state auditor relating to an efficiency audit required by this chapter. The state auditor shall determine the costs of the audit and the state agency shall pay the amount of those costs promptly on receipt of a statement from the state auditor regarding those costs.
(e) The state auditor, subject to the legislative audit committee's approval, may determine, in the interests of efficiency, whether the audit should be performed by the state auditor or an external auditor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 360 (H.B. 12), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.327.htm
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