HBA-LJP C.S.H.B. 1727 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 1727 By: Maxey State Affairs 4/12/2001 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Under current law, a person who has introduced legislation seeking the passage of certain local or special laws is required to give a notice of intent in a publication in the locality encompassed by the bill and to deliver the notice to the governor, the county commissioners court, and the appropriate municipality's governing body. While current law requires proof of the notice in a publication, the law does not provide procedures for delivering the notice to local officials. C.S.H.B. 1727 provides the manner in which the copy of the proposed bill is to be delivered to local officials and requires proof that the copy of the proposed bill was delivered. 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. ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 1727 amends the Government Code to modify the required notification procedures if a bill is proposing a local or special law, or is creating a certain district. The bill provides that a copy of the proposed bill must be delivered by the person intending to introduce the bill to the commissioners court or the municipal governing body affected by the proposed bill in a manner consistent with Rule 106(a)(1), Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, not later than the 30th day before the date on which the intended law is introduced in the legislature. The bill prohibits the person delivering the proposed bill from delivering the bill in a manner specified in Rule 109 or 109a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. The bill also requires proof of delivery of the copy of the proposed bill to be made by an affidavit of the person delivering the proposed bill, accompanied by a printed copy of the proposed bill as delivered. The bill provides that when a local or special law is introduced in the legislature, the law must be accompanied by proof that a copy of the proposed law was delivered to the commissioners court or municipal governing body of a locality affected by law, if required. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE C.S.H.B. 1727 conforms the original bill to Texas Legislative Council style and format. The substitute requires a copy of the bill proposing local or special law to be delivered to the affected governing body by the person introducing the bill. The original bill simply required notice to be delivered to the affected governing body. The substitute provides that when a local or special law is introduced in the legislature, the law must be accompanied by proof that a copy of the proposed law was delivered to the affected governing body, if required.