| TO: | Honorable Royce West, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations |
| FROM: | John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB1465 by Williams (Relating to the administration of certain housing and energy assistance programs.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Occupations Code to transfer responsibilities for the regulation of manufactured housing programs from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) to the Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR).
The bill would amend the Government Code to transfer responsibility for certain energy assistance programs from TDHCA to the Public Utility Commission (PUC). The bill would require TDHCA and PUC to develop a transition plan for transferring the functions performed by the department as described by the bill. The transition plan would be required to include a timetable with specific steps and deadlines needed to complete the transfer.
Based on the analysis of TDLR, PUC, and TDHCA it is assumed that duties and responsibilities associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be accomplished utilizing existing resources. This analysis assumes that all funding, property, FTEs and other items related to the authority to implement these programs would transfer from TDHCA to TDLR and PUC as specified in the bill. This analysis assumes that all costs associated with the transfer would be absorbed by the agencies.
The following provisions of the Government Code are repealed: Section 1372.023; Section 1372.0231(b), as amended by Chapters 330 (S.B. 264) and 1329 (S.B. 1664), Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003; and Section 1372.0231(h).
The following laws are repealed: Government Code - Section 2306.067(d); Subchapter AA of Chapter 2306; and Occupations Code Section 1201.003(5).
This bill would take effect September 1, 2011.
| Source Agencies: | 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 332 Department of Housing and Community Affairs, 452 Department of Licensing and Regulation, 473 Public Utility Commission of Texas
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, KKR, MW, CWS
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