BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center	C.S.H.B. 1174
86R35288 JXC-D	By: Reynolds et al. (Miles)
	Intergovernmental Relations
	5/20/2019
	Committee Report (Substituted)

 

 

 

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

It has been suggested that granting a county assistance district the authority to provide a grant or loan to a political subdivision would help districts better serve their local communities by being able to provide assistance for mutually beneficial projects or for necessary projects for which a political subdivision may lack funding. H.B. 1174 seeks to provide a county assistance district with that authority. (Original Author's/Sponsor's Statement of Intent)

 

C.S.H.B. 1174 amends current law relating to the authority of certain county assistance districts to provide a grant or loan.

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

 

SECTION 1. Amends Section 387.006(a), Local Government Code, as follows:

 

(a) Authorizes a county assistance district to:

 

(1)�(4) makes no changes to these subdivisions;

 

(5) and (6) makes nonsubstantive changes to these subdivisions; and

 

(7) if the district is created by a county with a population of more than 580,000 that borders a county with a population of more than four million, provide a grant or loan to a political subdivision to assist in funding the performance of one or more functions a district is authorized to perform under this chapter (County Assistance District).

 

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2019. �