H.B. 35 78(3)    BILL ANALYSIS


H.B. 35
By: King
Regulated Industries
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

H.B. 35 changes the membership of the Electric Utility Restructuring
Legislative Oversight Committee, transferring membership from the Chairman
of the House Committee on State Affairs to the Chairman of the House
Committee on Regulated Industries.  This follows the creation of the House
Committee on Regulated Industries, which now has oversight of electric
utility issues. 

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

ANALYSIS

H.B. 35 amends Sections 39.907(b) and (h) of the Utilities Code to replace
the chair of the House Committee on State Affairs with the chair of the
House Committee on Regulated Industries as a member and joint chair of the
Electric Utility Restructuring Legislative Oversight Committee. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

Upon passage, or, if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative
session.