78R1091 DRH-D

By:  Bailey                                                       H.B. No. 1638



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring the comptroller to assess the feasibility of 
a central database containing information on special districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  (a)  The comptroller shall study the feasibility 
of maintaining a central database available to the public that 
contains tax rates, functions, and other pertinent information for 
each special district in this state.
	(b)  Not later than November 15, 2004, the comptroller shall 
file a report containing the results of the study required by 
Subsection (a) with the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the 
speaker of the house.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.