BILL ANALYSIS
By: Williams
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Current state law requires the state law library to set and charge fees for services provided by library staff, but provides that those fees are not applicable to a state agency requiring services from the library staff.
However, riders to the General
Appropriations Act provide for the collection of such fees from public agencies
and appropriate those funds, approximately $80,000, to the law library.
S.B. 1491 amends Section 91.011, Government Code, by removing the provision
that the fees set by the state law library for services provided by the library
staff do not apply to a public agency. This change harmonizes the Government
Code with riders adopted by the General Appropriations Act.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 91.011, Government Code, to delete existing text of Subsection (b), relating to exempting a public agency from a library service fee under this section.
SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or the 91st after adjournment.
EFFECTIVE DATE
upon passage or the 91st after adjournment