SRC-JBJ S.B. 1440 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1440
77R7877 ATP-DBy: Gallegos
State Affairs
3/22/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, certain municipalities pay a majority of the taxable value of
county property taxes but receive a disproportionate share of the general
revenue allocations.  As proposed, S.B. 1440 prohibits a county with a
population of three million or more from using more than one-half of the
total expenditures from the general fund in a manner that benefits only the
area in the county located outside the most populous municipality located
wholly or partly in the county. 

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.  Amends Chapter 113Z, Local Government Code, by adding Section
113.904, as follows: 

Sec. 113.904.  USE OF GENERAL REVENUE IN POPULOUS COUNTY.  (a)  Provides
that this section applies only to a county with a population of three
million or more. 

(b)  Prohibits the county from using more than one-half of the total
expenditures from the general fund of the county during a county fiscal
year in a manner that benefits only the area in the county located outside
the most populous municipality located wholly or partly in the county. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.