BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center                                                                                                      S.B. 1491

79R6876 JRD-D                                                                                                            By: Williams

                                                                                                                  Government Organization

                                                                                                                                              4/8/2005

                                                                                                                                              As Filed

 

 

AUTHOR'S/SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

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.

 

SECTION BY SECTION 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.