SRC-SEW S.B. 1680 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1680
77R9041 SGA-DBy: Jackson
Natural Resources
4/2/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, each navigation district is allowed to set aside five
percent of its revenue each calendar year in a promotion and development
fund for expenses incurred in promoting and developing business for the
port or waterway operated by the district.  Currently, a county auditor is
prohibited from auditing disbursements from such a fund.  As proposed, S.B.
1680 authorizes a county auditor to audit disbursements from a navigation
district's promotion and development fund in order to ensure that the fund
is used responsibly and in accordance with its intended purpose.   

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 Section 60.204(c), Water Code, to authorize the county
auditor to audit disbursements from the fund, rather than prohibit the
auditor from doing so, and to require the county auditor to be entitled to
a certain monthly statement. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.