HBA-NLM S.B. 1386 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1386
By: Shapleigh
Appropriations
5/3/1999
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

There is concern that current formulas for state funding of programs may be
outdated or ineffective. S.B. 1386 requires the comptroller of public
accounts to review and study the effects of formulas for state funding on
programs and institutions in the Texas-Mexico border area. 

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. Requires the comptroller of public accounts (comptroller) to:

_review the formulas used to determine state funding of programs and
institutions in counties that share a border with the United Mexican
States; 

_study how state funding of programs and institutions in those counties
under the formulas affects certain efforts, as compared to state funding of
programs and institutions in other areas of the state; and  

_report the results of the required study to the governor, the lieutenant
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the
commissioners court of each county that shares a border with the United
Mexican States, before September 1, 2000. 

SECTION 2. Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.