During a House Committee on Appropriators hearing on September 4, Legislative Budget Board (LBB) staff provided an overview of the Strategic Fiscal Review (SFR) process they are currently undertaking. Out of the 13 agencies that will impacted by this review, 6 will include: Trusteed Programs within the Office of the Governor, General Revenue-funded programs at the Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS), Non-FSP programs at the Texas Education Agency (TEA), The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Public Utility Commission (PUC), and the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) at the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality (TCEQ). The LBB will collect data from these agencies with the goal to determine what does and agency do and how does it administer the programs. Activities, or major functions, will be detailed and include methods of finance, objects of expenses, FTEs and performance measures. Data collection has begun and will continue along with data analysis from September through November. Once the analysis is complete it will be given to the House Committee on Appropriations to assist with their decision making process in regards to the budget.
