BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2627 |
By: Coleman |
State Affairs |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Recent reports predict that the population of Texas will double in fewer than 40 years, making information relating to population growth increasingly important. Interested parties observe that there is a lack of information about the impact population growth is having on Texas counties in areas such as housing, business, available land resources, health care services, county jails, and the local and state economies in general. The parties believe that, with more information about this issue, the legislature can respond more effectively to the state's population growth. C.S.H.B. 2627 seeks to create a task force to study population growth as it relates to Texas counties.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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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. 2627 creates the Task Force to Study Population Growth in Texas for the purpose of assessing the effects of population growth on counties in Texas relating to housing, businesses, available land resources, the state's economy, health care services, and county jails. The bill requires the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives to provide staff support to the task force and requires the task force to hold public hearings to achieve its described purpose. The bill sets out the composition of the task force and requires the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker to make task force appointments as prescribed by the bill not later than December 1, 2015. The bill provides for the election of the presiding officer of the task force, establishes that a task force member serves without compensation, entitles a task force member to reimbursement of certain travel expenses, and authorizes the task force to accept gifts and grants from any source for task force functions. The bill requires the task force, not later than November 1, 2016, to submit a final report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker, and the appropriate standing committees of the legislature that includes a summary and analysis of hearings and studies conducted by the task force, legislation proposed by the task force, and other findings and recommendations made by the task force. The bill establishes that its provisions expire and the task force is abolished August 31, 2017.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2015.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2627 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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