BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 982

By: Parker

State Affairs

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

There have been calls to revisit the administration of "pay for success" contracts for state agencies. H.B. 982 seeks to ensure that the success contract payments trust fund is well funded by providing for the gifting, granting, or donation of money for deposit to the credit of the fund and seeks to establish that a success contract is not enforceable until all applicable conditions are satisfied. 

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. 982 amends the Government Code to provide for the gifting, granting, or donation of money for deposit to the credit of the success contract payments trust fund. The bill replaces the prohibition against the comptroller of public accounts and a state agency finally executing a proposed success contract unless certain conditions are satisfied with a specification that an executed success contract is not enforceable until the conditions are satisfied.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2019.