BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 751 By: Horn (Sponsor) Intergovernmental Relations 4-20-95 Senate Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND Currently, state law requires a county auditor to make audits of the jail commissary on at least a quarterly basis. PURPOSE As proposed, H.B. 751 requires the auditor, at least once each county fiscal year, or more often if the commissioners court desires, without advance notice, to fully examine the jail commissary accounts. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 351.0415(d), Local Government Code, as follows: (d) Requires the auditor, at least once each county fiscal year, or more often if the commissioners court desires, without advance notice, to fully examine the jail commissary accounts. Deletes the requirement of the auditor, at least once each quarter of a county's fiscal year, or more often if the county auditor desires, to examine the jail commissary accounts. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1995. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.