HBA-DMH H.C.R. 87 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.C.R. 87
By: Flores
Transportation
3/21/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

While the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is the state agency
primarily responsible for the titling and registration of vehicles, state
law designates county assessor-collectors as agents of the state to
transact a variety of vehicle titling and registration services.
Currently, vehicle titling and registration transactions take place at the
17 TxDOT regional offices and the 254 county assessor-collectors' offices.
However, some of these services are not available through the county
assessor-collector, making it necessary for county residents to travel to
one of TxDOT's regional offices, while other services are duplicated by
TxDOT staff at the regional offices.  The comptroller of public accounts
recommends the creation of county "one-stop" shops for vehicle titling and
registration transactions to improve customer service and refocus TxDOT's
regional offices resources to support county assessor-collectors.  House
Concurrent Resolution 87 directs TxDOT to create "one-stop" shops at each
of the 254 county assessorcollectors' offices for all vehicle titling and
registration functions. 

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 Concurrent Resolution 87 directs the Texas Department of
Transportation to create "one- stop" shops at each of the 254 county
assessor-collectors' offices for all vehicle titling and registration
functions so as to improve customer service and government efficiency.