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.