BILL ANALYSIS

S.B. 1748

By: Hinojosa

Economic & Small Business Development

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties suggest that the authority of certain development corporations to use tax revenue received under the Development Corporation Act for job-related skills training should be extended to corporations in counties such as Hidalgo County. S.B. 1748 seeks to provide for such an extension.

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

S.B. 1748 amends the Local Government Code to include as a corporation that may spend tax revenue received under the Development Corporation Act for certain job-related skills training a corporation whose creation was authorized by a municipality that has a population of 10,000 or more, that is located in a county that borders the United Mexican States and in which four municipalities with a population of 70,000 or more are located, and that has, or is included in a metropolitan statistical area of Texas that has, an unemployment rate that averaged at least two percent above the state average for the most recent two consecutive years for which statistics are available.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.