BILL ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 3286

By: Goldman

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties contend that the statutes granting certain counties regulatory authority to combat illegal game room operations do not apply to enough counties. C.S.H.B. 3286 seeks to address this issue by expanding the applicability of statutory provisions relating to the regulation of game rooms.

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

C.S.H.B. 3286 amends the Local Government Code to expand the applicability of statutory provisions relating to the regulation of game rooms in certain counties to include a county that has a population of not less than 1.8 million and that is adjacent to a county with a population of not less than 2.2 million.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2017.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 3286 differs from the original by revising the bill's caption and in minor or nonsubstantive ways by conforming to certain bill drafting conventions.