HBA-LJP H.B. 3150 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3150
By: Allen
County Affairs
4/1/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, certain county officers, employees, sheriffs, or deputy
sheriffs, and juvenile probation officers are authorized to participate in
the General Services Commission's (GSC) contract for travel services for
the purposes of obtaining reduced airline fares.  If these public employees
were also able to participate in the GSC's contract for travel services to
obtain reduced travel agent rates, then these reduced rates would further
reduce the travel expenditures of a county.  House Bill 3150 extends this
authorization to these county officers and employees. 

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 3150 amends the Government Code to authorize a county officer or
employee who is engaged in official county business to participate in the
General Services Commission's (GSC) contract for travel services for the
purpose of obtaining reduced travel agent fees.  The bill also authorizes a
county sheriff, deputy sheriff, or juvenile probation officer who is
transporting a state prisoner under a felony warrant to participate in the
same contract for travel services. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001.