SRC-JBJ S.B. 1419 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1419
76R9316 GCH-FBy: Lucio
State Affairs
4/7/1999
As Filed


DIGEST 

Currently, the Office of Attorney General (OAG) Administrative Rules
require all state agencies to refer delinquent obligations to the OAG after
"normal agency collection procedures have failed" and to file annual debt
reports with the OAG within 90 days of the close of each fiscal year.
These rules were authorized under Section 2107.005, Government Code.
However, the collection requirement regarding normal collection procedures
is ambiguous.  In addition, the deadline could be more efficient as a
statutory requirement rather than an administrative rule and be moved back
to 120 days rather than 30 days.  S.B. 1419 would amend the requirements
for reporting and referring certain delinquent obligations to the OAG. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 1419 amends the requirements for referring and reporting
certain delinquent obligations to the Office of 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.  Amends Section 2107.004, Government Code, to require an agency
to report uncollected and delinquent obligations by the 120th day, rather
than the 30th day, of the delinquency date.  Deletes text regarding the
report requirement by the agency after normal collection procedures have
failed. 

SECTION 2.  Section 2107.005, Government Code, to require each state agency
to file an annual debt report with the Office of Attorney General (OAG) by
a certain date.  Requires the report to contain the information required by
rules adopted under this section by the OAG. 

SECTION 3.Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 4.Emergency clause.