BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 3912

By: Phelan

State Affairs

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

It has been suggested that indefinite reporting requirements are unreasonable and impose too great an administrative burden on state agencies. H.B. 3912 seeks to relieve some of this burden by exempting an agency from an indefinite reporting requirement after the 10th anniversary of the submission of the first report.

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. 3912 amends the Government Code to exempt an applicable state agency from a requirement to submit to the legislature a report for which state law prescribes an indefinite reporting period after the 10th anniversary of the date the agency first submitted the report to the legislature. The bill requires such an agency to state in each required report the date after which the agency is not required to submit the report to the legislature due to that exemption.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2019.