HBA-EVB S.B. 1157 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1157 By: Carona Public Safety 5/2/1999 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current Texas law, there is no requirement that certain offenses be reported to the Department of Public Safety (DPS) for an offense that was committed on a military base, military installation, or national seashore. This inability to collect information does not allow DPS to track driving while intoxicated (DWI) convictions on military bases or federal lands. Although state law does authorize DPS to receive some information when Texas is the home state of the offender, DPS does not have the authority to record those convictions on a person's driving record. S.B. 1157 authorizes certain federal and military convictions or actions to be reported to the state. 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 523.004 (Reports of Convictions), Transportation Code, to authorize the reporting of a conviction or judicial or administrative action of a federal or military court or tribunal to be reported to this state subject to this chapter (Driver's License Compact of 1993). SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.