HBA-NLM H.B. 2569 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2569
By: Junell
Appropriations
3/26/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

In 1995, the General Appropriations Bill, House Bill 1, Strategy A.2.3.,
Acts of the 74th Legislature, authorized the appropriation of $37.5 million
in general revenue bonds for 19 juvenile probation departments to construct
secure, post-adjudication facilities. The 75th Legislature proposed
appropriation for the Juvenile Probation Commission to reimburse a county
for up to 25 percent of the operating cost of such a facility.  The statute
allowing for the reimbursement of such operating costs included a provision
that requires the post-adjudication facilities to be completely self funded
by September 1, 1999.  Since some facilities have not opened,  this bill
proposes that the 76th Legislature continues to fund 25 percent of the
operating costs for these facilities. 

H.B. 2569 authorizes the appropriation of not more than 25 percent of the
operating cost of a facility constructed under this section during each of
the 2000 and 2001 fiscal years, rather than the 1998 and 1999 fiscal years. 

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. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Sections 141.086(g), (h), (i), (j), and (k), Human
Resources Code, as follows: 

(g) Authorizes the appropriation of not more than 25 percent of the
operating costs of a facility constructed under this section during each of
the 2000 and 2001 fiscal years, rather than the 1998 and 1999 fiscal years. 

(h)  Provides that it is the intent of the legislature to appropriate the
full amount of money authorized under Subsection (g), rather than
Subdivision (2) of Subsection (g). 

(i) Redesignated from existing Subsection (j) and requires the commission
to conduct an annual audit of the operating costs of certain facilities
through fiscal year 2001, rather than 1999.  Deletes entire text of
existing Subsection (i), which provides that a facility constructed under
this section must be operated entirely by the county using the facility by
September 1, 1999. 

(j)  Redesignated from existing Subsection (k).

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.