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.