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.