BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 4611

By: Huberty

Public Education

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

If a proposed constitutional amendment providing for increased distributions to the available school fund takes effect, there will be a need for certain changes to statutory provisions relating to the composition of that fund. H.B. 4611 seeks to provide for those changes.

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. 4611 amends the Education Code to include the annual distributions to the available school fund from the General Land Office or another applicable entity with responsibility for managing permanent school fund land or other properties as a component of the funds distributed to the available school fund from the permanent school fund.

H.B. 4611 repeals Section 43.001(d), Education Code, as added by Section 34, Chapter 581 (S.B. 810), Acts of the 85th Legislature, 2017.

EFFECTIVE DATE

January 1, 2020, if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, providing for increased distributions to the available school fund is approved by the voters.