BILL ANALYSIS



C.S.H.B. 3212
By: Dear
5-2-95
Committee Report (Substituted)


BACKGROUND
Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1
(District) was created by the Tarrant County Commissioners Court
pursuant to the predecessor statute to Chapter 51 of the Texas
Water Code. The District shares characteristics of both a special
law district and a general law district. Unlike general law Water
Control and Improvement Districts (WCIDs) and even other special
law WCIDs, a special law (Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, Art. 8280-207a) governs the District's ability to offer compensation packages
to its employees and officers for retirement, disability and death
plans.

PURPOSE
To allow the District to offer a more flexible compensation plan to
its employees and officers than may be authorized by the special
law governing the District's retirement, disability and death
plans. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly
grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer,
department, agency, or institution.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
Section 1.  Repeals Chapter 352, Acts of the 57th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1961 (Article 8280-207a, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes).

Section 2.  Provides that compensation or benefit plans offered by
the district on the effective date of this Act may be continued
under the authority of general law.

Section 3.  Emergency clause.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE
Section 2 of the Original included Subsection (a) which provided
that the special law authorizing the board of directors of the
Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 is
repealed to allow the board to provide for more flexible
compensation benefit plans under general law, including benefits
available under Chapter 609 and 810, Government Code, and Chapter
172, Local Government Code. That subsection is deleted in the
Substitute.  Section 2(b) of the Original becomes the entire
Section 2 of the Substitute.

SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTION
H.B.3212 was considered in a formal meeting on May 2, 1995.
No testimony was received.
The committee considered a complete substitute for the bill.  The
substitute was adopted without objection.
The bill was reported favorably as substituted, with the
recommendation that it do pass and be printed and be sent to the
Committee on Local and Consent Calendars, by a record vote of 6
ayes, 0 nays, 0 pnv, 3 absent.