BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 751 By: Horn February 23, 1995 Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND Currently, state law mandates that the County Auditor make audits of the jail commissary on at least a quarterly basis. Complete audits this regularly are impractical and often unwarranted. PURPOSE This bill would amend Chapter 351.0415 of the Local Government Code to require an audit be conducted at least once each county fiscal year. However, this new language would not prevent the County Auditor from conducting more regular audits should they be requested by the commissioner's court RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of this committee that this bill does not grant additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Section 351.0415, Local Government Code, Subsection (d), is amended by striking the quarterly requirement for auditing county jail commissary accounts and replacing it with a minimum yearly requirement. The county commissioner is given the authority to request additional audits. SECTION 2. Effective Date SECTION 3. Emergency Clause SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTION Pursuant to public notice posted on February 16, 1995, the Committee on County Affairs met in a public hearing on February 22, 1995 to consider HB 751. The chair laid out HB 751 and recognized Representative Horn to explain the bill. Representative Horn explained the bill and closed. There was no testimony offered on the bill. The motion that HB 751 be favorably reported to the full house with the recommendation that it do pass and be placed on the Local and Consent Calendar prevailed on the following vote: 8 Ayes, 0 Nays, 0 Present-not-voting, 1 Absent.