HBA-ALS H.B. 566 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 566 By: Oliveira State Affairs 4/12/1999 Committee Report (Amended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, state agencies do not maintain a tracking system of regional spending or regional services, making it difficult to ascertain how an agency's strategic plan is implemented. The purpose of H.B. 566 is to identify current spending and future needs of each region. H.B. 566 allows an agency to track regional spending and services by requiring an agency to identify each geographic region served by the agency and the means and strategies for increasing its physical presence in each region served. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 2056.002 (b) and (e), Government Code, by adding the element of identification of each geographic state region, including each border region that is served by an agency and the agency's means and strategies for increasing its physical presence in those regions among the list of elements that must be included in that agency's strategic plan, unless modified by the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning, and except as provided by Subsection (c). Defines "border region." Makes conforming and nonsubstantive changes. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 3. Emergency clause. EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENTS Amendment #1 The amendment modifies the original in SECTION 1 (Section 2056.002(b), Government Code) by substituting new text for Subdivision (8), to require a strategic plan to include information about the means and strategies by which an agency will increase its physical presence in each region it serves.