BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

                                                                                                                                            S.B. 1510

                                                                                                                                            By: Lucio

                                                                                                                                    County Affairs

                                                                                                       Committee Report (Unamended)

 

 

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

 

Budget preparation on or immediately after the first day of each fiscal year prevents timely filing of the county budget with the county clerk and delays the public budget hearing and adoption of the budget on or immediately after the first day of each fiscal year.

 

S.B. 1510 provides flexibility to counties with populations greater than 225,000 in preparing, filing, and adopting the county budget by authorizing the county auditor in such a county to prepare a budget within 30 days before the first day of each fiscal year or on or immediately after the first day of each fiscal year.

 

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. 

 

 

ANALYSIS

 

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 111.033, Local Government Code, as follows:

 

Sec. 111.033.  ANNUAL BUDGET REQUIRED.   Requires the county auditor to prepare a budget within 30 days before the first day of each fiscal year or on or immediately after that first day, rather than on or immediately after the first day of each fiscal year, to cover the proposed expenditures of the county government for that fiscal year.

 

SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

 

 

EFFECTIVE DATE

 

September 1, 2007.