SRC-LBB S.B. 1104 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1104
By: Fraser
State Affairs
4/8/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

The electric utility restructuring legislative oversight committee was
created to oversee the implementation of S.B. 7, 76th Legislature.  The
recent structural changes in the House of Representatives and the Senate
has caused the responsibility for oversight of S.B. 7 to shift.  As
proposed, S.B. 1104 makes the chair of the Senate Committee on Business
and Commerce and the chair of the House Committee on Regulated Industries
the joint chairs of the electric utility restructuring legislative
oversight committee per those structural changes. 

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 39.907(b), Utilities Code, to change the
composition of the electric utility restructuring legislative oversight
committee. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  upon passage or September 1, 2003.