SRC-PNG S.B. 1071 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1071
By: Fraser
Economic Development
3/24/1999
As Filed


DIGEST 

Currently, under Texas law, certain contracts that provide for the
development of aeronautics are required to be approved as to form by the
attorney general.  This statutory requirement is a holdover from the time
when the Texas Aeronautics Commission was an independent agency.  In 1989
the commission became the Texas Department of Aviation, now a division of
the Texas Department of Transportation, which regularly reviews its own
contracts.  This bill removes the statutory requirement that certain
contracts, which provide for the development of aeronautics, be approved as
to form by the attorney general. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 1071 removes the statutory requirement that certain
contracts that provide for the development of aeronautics be approved as to
form by the attorney general. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Repealer: Section 21.054(c), Transportation Code (requiring
certain contracts that provide for the development of aeronautics to be
approved as to form by the attorney general). 

SECTION 2.Emergency clause.
Effective date: upon passage.