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BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

 

H.B. 2112

By: Raymond

County Affairs

Committee Report (Unamended)

 

 

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

 

A member of a county planning commission is currently required to file a financial disclosure report. Interested parties note that members of these commissions serve on a volunteer basis and that their service on a commission is generally unrelated to outside financial matters. The parties contend that in the interest of recruiting the best candidates for a commission, some counties may prefer not to require a financial disclosure report. H.B. 2112 seeks to address this issue.

 

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

 

H.B. 2112 amends the Local Government Code to remove the requirement that a member of a county planning commission file a financial disclosure report and instead authorizes the commissioners court of a county to require each county planning commission member to file such a  report.

  

EFFECTIVE DATE

 

September 1, 2013.