SRC-BWC S.B. 1164 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research CenterS.B. 1164 By: Truan Veteran Affairs & Military Installations 6/12/2001 Enrolled DIGEST AND PURPOSE Texas needs to remain competitive during upcoming federal decisions about base closures throughout the United States. Texas' military bases should reduce long term costs to the state as well as increase opportunities for investment in infrastructure. S.B. 1164 requires the Office of Defense Affairs, working in conjunction with the Texas Strategic Military Planning Commission, to request a report developing a five-year infrastructure plan from each military installation in Texas. Reports from military installations may include investment information and recommendations to optimize the retention, stability, and growth of, and private-sector investment in, military installations and surrounding communities. The Office of Defense Affairs will compile the reports into a single report, including its own recommendations, and submit copies to certain state officials RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. (a) Requires the Office of Defense Affairs of the Texas Department of Economic Development (office), working in cooperation with the Texas Strategic Military Planning Commission, to identify each defense-dependent community in the state and request that each community coordinate with the office and develop a five-year strategic infrastructure plan, and submit the plan to the office as soon as possible but not later than July 1, 2002. (b) Requires each strategic infrastructure plan to include recommendations for specific state investments designed to optimize the retention, stability, and growth of military installations and their defense-dependent communities; and increase the potential for private-sector investment in, and future uses of, infrastructure associated with federal military installations and defensedependent communities. (c) Requires the Office of Defense Affairs, not later than December 1, 2002, to: _compile all plans submitted to the office under this Act into a single report; _include its own recommendations in relation to a comprehensive review of the submitted plans; and _submit a copy of the report and recommendations to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chair of each legislative committee with jurisdiction over defense affairs. SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.