| TO: | Honorable Burt R. Solomons, Chair, House Committee on Financial Institutions |
| FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB1009 by Hardcastle (relating to the acquisition and regulation of manufactured homes. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would require the Manufactured Housing Division within the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) to extend education requirements of eight hours per calendar year to all licensees involved in the sale of manufactured housing.
Currently, TDHCA provides twenty hours of training for non-sales people related to manufactured housing, which includes the related eight-hour training. Based on the active number of retailers, brokers, and salespersons, TDHCA estimates an average number of attendees at 4,000 per fiscal year.
TDHCA would incur additional costs associated with travel and rental space for the additional courses held throughout the state. TDHCA anticipates $6,000 per year for travel costs and approximately $6,000 for rental space for fourteen classes per year. Costs for the first fiscal year may be lower because January 1, 2004 would be the effective date requiring TDHCA to extend education requirements. It is assumed TDHCA could absorb the associated costs within current resources.
The bill would take effect immediately, except sections 1 and 16, if it receives a vote of two-thirds of each house. If the bill does not receive the two-thirds vote, the bill takes effect September 1, 2003. Sections 1 and 16 take effect January 1, 2004.
| Source Agencies: | 332 Department of Housing and Community Affairs, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
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| LBB Staff: | JK, JRO, RT, DE, KG
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