HBA-RBT C.S.H.B. 3458 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 3458
By: Kuempel
Ways & Means
4/28/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law states that county tax assessor-collectors must post bond
within 20 days of being notified of their election or appointment.  Some
may not know that this requirement exists.  C.S.H.B. 3458 provides that the
tax assessor-collector must post bond before taking office and performing
the duties of the office, removing the arbitrary 20-day deadline. 

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 6.28(a), Tax Code, to provide that a person
elected or appointed as county assessor-collector must, before the person
begins to perform the duties of office, rather than within 20 days after
receiving notice of the person's election or appointment, give bonds to the
state and to the county, conditioned on the faithful performance of the
person's duties as assessorcollector. 

SECTION 2.  Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

The substitute differs from the original to conform to Legislative Council
format and by making nonsubstantive changes.