HBA-EVB S.B. 1157 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1157
By: Carona
Public Safety
5/2/1999
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current Texas law, there is no requirement that certain offenses be
reported to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) for an offense that was
committed on a military base, military installation, or national seashore.
This inability to collect information does not allow DPS to track driving
while intoxicated (DWI) convictions on military bases or federal lands.
Although state law does authorize DPS to receive some information when
Texas is the home state of the offender, DPS does not have the authority to
record those convictions on a person's driving record. S.B. 1157 authorizes
certain federal and military convictions or actions to be reported to the
state.  

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 523.004 (Reports of Convictions), Transportation
Code, to authorize the reporting of a conviction or judicial or
administrative action of a federal or military court or tribunal to be
reported to this state subject to this chapter (Driver's License Compact of
1993). 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.