HBA-TYH S.B. 1257 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1257
By: Nelson
Urban Affairs
5/5/1999
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law authorizes municipalities with 50,000 or more inhabitants to
enter into developer participation contracts without complying with the
competitive bidding procedure of Chapter 252 (Purchasing and Contracting
Authority of Municipalities), Local Government Code.  S.B. 1257 decreases
from 50,000 to 5,000 the minimum number of inhabitants of a municipality to
which that law applies. 

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 212.071, Local Government Code, to decrease from
50,000 to 5,000 the minimum number of inhabitants a municipality needs to
contract with a developer of a subdivision or land in the municipality to
construct public improvements without complying with the competitive sealed
bidding procedure of Chapter 252 (Purchasing and Contracting Authority of
Municipalities). 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.