BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 3660 |
By: Simmons |
Appropriations |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The Texas Commission on Fire Protection serves to aid in the protection of lives and property of Texas citizens through the development and enforcement of recognized professional standards for individuals and fire departments within Texas. Interested parties assert that inefficiencies could be reduced and fiscal redundancies in state government could be eliminated by attaching the commission to another state agency. C.S.H.B. 3660 seeks to identify a specific strategy for reducing inefficiencies and eliminating fiscal redundancies in state government.
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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.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 3660 amends the Government Code to add temporary provisions, set to expire September 1, 2017, to require the Texas Commission on Fire Protection to conduct a study to determine to which state agency the commission should be administratively attached in order to reduce the costs associated with the commission, improve the provision of commission services, and lower the fees set and collected by the commission. The bill authorizes the commission to request the assistance of any state agency if the commission needs assistance to conduct the study and requires the agency to provide the requested assistance.
C.S.H.B. 3660 requires the commission, not later than September 1, 2014, to report the results of the study to the legislature, the governor, and the Legislative Budget Board and sets out requirements for the report.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 3660 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and highlighted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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