HBA-GUM H.B. 3619 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3619
By: Truitt
Urban Affairs
4/6/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law authorizes municipalities with 50,000 or more inhabitants to
enter into developer participation contracts without complying with the
competitive bidding procedure of Chapter 252, Local Government Code
(Purchasing and Contracting Authority of Municipalities).  H.B. 3619
decreases from 50,000 to 20,000 the minimum number of inhabitants of a
municipality to which that law applies. 

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 212.071, Local Government Code, to decrease from
50,000 to 20,000 the minimum number of inhabitants of a municipality to
which this section applies. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.