HBA-TYH S.B. 1796 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1796
By: Wentworth
State Affairs
5/7/1999
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, subscribers to the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime
Bulletin are required to reapply each year.  The bulletin editor is
concerned that because of this requirement, each year subscribers who need
to receive the bulletin are lost.  S.B. 1796 limits the application of
certain laws regarding the distribution of publications by state agencies,
depending upon actions taken by the head of the state agency. 

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 Subchapter C, Chapter 2052, Government Code, by adding
Section 2052.207, as follows: 

Sec.  2052.207.  EXCEPTION TO CERTAIN DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS. Provides
that Sections 2052.202 (Publication Request Form), 2052.203 (Publication
Distribution List), and 2052.204 (Distribution) do not apply to the
distribution of a publication during a calendar year by a state agency if
the head of the agency: 

(1)  determined by December 31 of the previous calender year that the
publication will be distributed during the year by a reasonably accurate
mailing list; 

(2)  determined that it would not be cost-effective to recreate the mailing
list for a publication under Sections 2052.202, 2052.203, and 2052.204; and 

(3)  not later than December 31 of the previous calendar year, notified in
writing the following persons of each publication to which Sections
2052.202, 2052.203, and 2052.204 will not apply during the calendar year:
the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of
representatives, the comptroller, and the state auditor. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 1999.