H.B. 1522 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


H.B. 1522
By: Corte
Defense Affairs and State-Federal Relations
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently Texas law requires that the issue of any warrant, or the
initiation of any electronic fund transfer of the Adjutant General's
Department be approved by both the Adjutant General, and the Governor, or
his designee, before any payments are made.  The requirement that the
Governor approve payments is duplicative, and unnecessary.  HB 1522 would
remove the requirement for the Governor to give a secondary approval of
expenditures made by the Adjutant General's office. 

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

SECTION 1.  Strikes the requirement for the Governor, or their designees
to approve certain expenditures made by the Adjutant General.  This
section also allows the Adjutant General's designee to approve
expenditures of the department in lieu of the Adjutant General. 

SECTION 2.  Effective Date:  September 1, 2003, unless the Act receives
the necessary votes for immediate effect.