HBA-NRS, CCH H.B. 1751 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1751
By: Gutierrez
Appropriations
4/2/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law provides that certain state programs require communities to
contribute local matching funds to receive a grant or other form of
financial assistance from a state agency. State agencies may waive or
adjust any matching funds requirement for an economically disadvantaged
county or economically disadvantaged census tract for such programs.
However, no official reports are compiled on the frequency with which an
agency grants adjustments or waivers, on the amount of each adjustment, or
on the effectiveness of a waiver or adjustment on the agency's programs.
House Bill 1751 requires each agency that adjusts a matching funds
requirement to prepare and submit an annual report describing each
adjustment made by the agency during the preceding state fiscal year and
the effects of each adjustment on the agency's programs. 

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.  

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1751 amends the Government Code to require each state agency
that adjusts a matching funds requirement to prepare and submit an annual
report describing each adjustment made by the agency during the preceding
state fiscal year and the effects of each adjustment on the agency's
programs.  H.B. 1751 requires a state agency to state the amount of each
adjustment, the program under which the adjustment was made, and the name
of each county or the location of each census tract that benefitted from
the adjustment. The bill also requires a state agency to send a copy of the
annual report to the governor and to each member of the legislature who
requests a copy.  A state agency is authorized to include the annual report
in its annual financial report. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.