HBA-DMD H.B. 1588 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1588
By: Hope
County Affairs
3/15/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, utility companies are required to submit weekly lists of
new electric service connections in an unincorporated area of the county to
the county judge, who must then forward the information to a local
governmental entity.  However, the information is currently not available
to emergency communication districts or appraisal districts. 

H.B. 1588 requires a county judge to forward the list of all the addresses
that established new electric service to each appraisal district and each
emergency communications district having jurisdiction over an area in which
the address on the list is included. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 366.005, Health and Safety Code, by amending
Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e), to require the county judge to
forward the list compiled under Subsection (a) to each appraisal district
and each emergency communications district having jurisdiction over an area
in which the address on the list is included.  Subsection (a) requires an
electric utility to compile a list weekly of all the addresses in an
unincorporated area of the county that established new service during the
preceding week. Defines "appraisal district," "electric utility," and
"emergency communications district."  Redesignates Subsection (d) to
Subsection (e).  Makes conforming changes. 

SECTION 2.Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.Emergency clause.