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House Bill 3430 |
House Author: Strama et al. |
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Effective: see below |
Senate Sponsor: Hegar et al. |
House Bill 3430 amends the Government Code to direct the comptroller, not later than October 1, 2007, to establish and post on the Internet a database of state expenditures and to require each state agency with a public Internet site to include a link to this database. The bill also requires the Legislative Budget Board to post on the Internet certain major state contract documents.
The bill amends provisions relating to state agency actions that affect small businesses to include an officer authorized by law to determine contested cases in the definition of "state agency." It eliminates the requirement for a statement of the effect of a rule on small businesses, adds a requirement for an economic impact statement that estimates the number of small businesses subject to the proposed rule, projects the economic impact of the rule on such businesses, and describes alternative methods of achieving the purpose of the proposed rule, and adds a requirement for a regulatory flexibility analysis that considers methods of reducing the adverse impact of a proposed rule. These requirements apply only to rules adopted on or after January 1, 2008.
The bill amends the Tax Code to require the comptroller to submit to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each member of the legislature at the beginning of each regular session a report assessing the progress of each agreement entered into under the Texas Economic Development Act relating to limiting the appraised value of property for school district ad valorem tax purposes.
House Bill 3430 also amends the Education Code to provide that revenues received by an institution of higher education from a health benefit plan issuer as a result of a claim filed by the institution's student health center may be used solely for the construction, maintenance, operation, and improvement of the student health center.
Except as noted above, the provisions of House Bill 3430 take effect October 1, 2007.