H.B. 59 78(1)    BILL ANALYSIS


H.B. 59
By: Casteel
Government Reform
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law provides that the Governor must deliver a budget to the
Legislature by the sixth day of each regular legislative session or face
criminal penalty. 

HB 59 provides the Governor additional time to provide the budget and
repeals the criminal penalty. Additionally, HB 59 eliminates duplication
through repealing the Governor's report on Organization and Efficiency of
State Agencies. 


RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or
institution. 

ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 401.0445(b)(2), Government Code, by requiring
the governor to show in the budget the expenditures for the year preceding
the current year instead of the expenditures for each of the two full
years preceding the current year. 

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 401.046(a), Government Code, by increasing the
time requirement for the governor to provide a budget to the legislature
from no later than the sixth day of each regular legislative session to no
later than when the governor gives the constitutionally required message
to the legislature at the commencement of each regular legislative
session. 

SECTION 3.  Repeals Section 401.047 and Chapter 2053,  Government Code.

SECTION 4.  Effective Date.


EFFECTIVE DATE

This Act takes effect November 1, 2003.