HBA-JRA, RBT H.B. 3458 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3458 By: Kuempel Ways & Means 7/26/1999 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Prior to the 76th Legislature, the law stated that county tax assessor-collectors and county treasurers must post bond within 20 days of being notified of their election or appointment. Some may not have known that this requirement existed. H.B. 3458 provides that a tax assessor-collector and a county treasurer must post bond before taking office and performing the duties of the office, removing the arbitrary 20-day deadline. 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 Section 6.28(a), Tax Code, to provide that a person elected or appointed as county assessor-collector must, before the person begins to perform the duties of office, rather than within 20 days after receiving notice of the person's election or appointment, give bonds to the state and to the county, conditioned on the faithful performance of the person's duties as assessorcollector. SECTION 2. Amends Section 83.002(a), Local Government Code, to provide that the county treasurer must execute a bond before beginning to perform the duties of office, rather than within 20 days after the date the certificate of election is received. SECTION 3. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 4. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.