HBA-MSH H.B. 3371 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3371 By: Turner, Sylvester County Affairs 4/16/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, certain municipalities may pay a majority of the county property taxes in their county, but receive a disproportionate share of the county's general revenue allocations. House Bill 3371 prohibits a county with a population with a population of three million or more from using more than half of the county general fund to benefit the area of the county located outside the most populous municipality. 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 3371 amends the Local Government Code to prohibit a county with a population of three million or more from using more than one-half of the total expenditures from the general fund of the county during a county fiscal year in a manner that benefits only the area in the county located outside the most populous municipality located wholly or partly in the county. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.