Tex. Government Code § 322.011
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 322.011, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 322.011. PERFORMANCE AUDITS AND REPORTS.
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(a) The board shall establish a system of performance audits and evaluations designed to provide a comprehensive and continuing review of the programs and operations of each state institution, department, agency, or commission.
(b) The board may evaluate the programs and operations of any institution, department, agency, or commission that received an appropriation in the most recent General Appropriations Act or is a state agency. An institution, department, agency, or commission may not be evaluated until after the end of the first full fiscal year of its operation.
(c) As soon as practicable after completion of the audit or evaluation under Subsection (a), the board shall make a performance report to the governor and the legislature.
(d) The report shall analyze the operational efficiency and program performance of each institution, department, agency, and commission evaluated. The report shall explicitly state the statutory function each entity is to perform and how, in terms of unit-cost measurement, work load efficiency data, and program output standards established by the board, these statutory functions are being accomplished.
(e) The performance report shall be published in the form prescribed by the board.
(f) The director, with the approval of the board, shall appoint an assistant director for program evaluation. The assistant director shall report to and be responsible to the director.
(g) The director shall employ sufficient personnel to carry out the provisions of this section.
(b) The board may evaluate the programs and operations of any institution, department, agency, or commission that received an appropriation in the most recent General Appropriations Act or is a state agency. An institution, department, agency, or commission may not be evaluated until after the end of the first full fiscal year of its operation.
(c) As soon as practicable after completion of the audit or evaluation under Subsection (a), the board shall make a performance report to the governor and the legislature.
(d) The report shall analyze the operational efficiency and program performance of each institution, department, agency, and commission evaluated. The report shall explicitly state the statutory function each entity is to perform and how, in terms of unit-cost measurement, work load efficiency data, and program output standards established by the board, these statutory functions are being accomplished.
(e) The performance report shall be published in the form prescribed by the board.
(f) The director, with the approval of the board, shall appoint an assistant director for program evaluation. The assistant director shall report to and be responsible to the director.
(g) The director shall employ sufficient personnel to carry out the provisions of this section.
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