BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 2570

By: Zerwas

Appropriations

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

There are concerns regarding the statutory limitation applicable to the deadline for the payment of claims by the comptroller of public accounts with respect to the grants awarded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee. H.B. 2570 seeks to address these concerns by extending that deadline for the presentation for the payment of such claims.

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. 2570 amends the Government Code to authorize a claim relating to a grant awarded by the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas Oversight Committee to be presented to the comptroller of public accounts for payment not later than seven years after the end of the fiscal year for which the appropriation from which the claim is to be paid was made.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2019.