BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 2803

By: Larson

Natural Resources

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

The Texas Legislative Council is required to carry out a nonsubstantive statutory revision program. H.B. 2803 is a continuation of the program and relates to the nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning certain special districts.

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.

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. 2803 proposes new chapters of the Special District Local Laws Code, which is a nonsubstantive revision of certain local laws concerning special districts organized by type of district. The bill is organized into four articles:

·         Article 1 of the bill revises local laws concerning certain water districts.

·         Article 2 of the bill contains conforming amendments to certain of the local laws as necessary to continue without substantive change provisions of law not codified as part of the code.

·         Article 3 of the bill contains the repealers of the local laws revised in the proposed chapters and of the portions of those local laws that have expired or that have been impliedly repealed.

·         Article 4 of the bill provides that the legislature intends that no substantive change is made by the bill, that the repeal of a law by the bill does not affect a validation made under the law repealed, and that the bill takes effect April 1, 2019.

EFFECTIVE DATE

April 1, 2019.