SRC-AMY S.B. 1439 78(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research CenterS.B. 1439 By: Shapleigh Subcommittee on Base Realignment and Closure 6-18-2003 Enrolled DIGEST AND PURPOSE The state's National Guard facilities are in need of maintenance and repair. The federal government's fiscal year ends in September and the state fiscal year ends in August. Federal funds regularly become available to Texas in late August, but those monies are lost because of the time frame and the lack of a process to identify and acquire matching funds. S.B. 1439 establishes authorizes the governor, in consultation with the adjutant general and the executive director of the Texas Military Facilities Commission, to direct money, appropriated for the purpose, to direct money to projects at military installations that would enable the state to receive federal matching funds. 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 Subchapter A, Chapter 431, Government Code, by adding Section 431.017, as follows: Sec. 431.017. MILITARY FACILITIES PROJECTS: MATCHING FEDERAL FUNDS. Authorizes the governor, if the governor, after consulting with the adjutant general and the executive director of the Texas Military Facilities Commission, finds that the state is eligible for federal matching funds for projects at military facilities in this state, to direct that money appropriated for the purpose be used to obtain the federal matching funds. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2003.