BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

S.B. 790

By: Buckingham

County Affairs

Committee Report (Unamended)

 

 

 

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

 

Under current law, the Office of the Governor, working in conjunction with the Texas State Auditor's Office, maintains oversight of certain regional planning commissions, including setting rules and requirements relating to annual audits and reports. The committees are required by law to provide copies of annual reports to certain entities, including the comptroller. It has been noted that this requirement is administratively unnecessary as the comptroller's office typically takes no action on these reports and, thus, does not need to receive them.

 

S.B. 790 seeks to address this issue by removing the comptroller of public accounts of the State of Texas (comptroller) from the list of entities who receive certain audits and reports from regional planning commissions.

 

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

 

S.B. 790 amends the Local Government Code to delete existing text including the comptroller of public accounts of the State of Texas among the entities to which a regional planning commission is required to send a copy of each report and audit.

 

EFFECTIVE DATE

 

September 1, 2019.