HBA-MPA H.B. 1189 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1189
By: Gallego
Urban Affairs
6/3/1999
Enrolled



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Before the 76th Legislature, the law required that a petition must be filed
with the county judge containing the signatures of a majority of the
members of the governing bodies of at least two municipalities in the
county to establish a civic center authority.  There are counties in Texas
which only have a single incorporated municipality.  H.B. 1189 modifies
this requirement to permit such a petition to include the signatures of the
majority of members of the governing body of only one municipality, if the
civic center authority is located in a county with only one municipality. 

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 281.013(c), Local Government Code, to provide
that in order to create a civic center authority a petition must be filed
which includes the signatures of a majority of the members of the municipal
governing body in two municipalities, if the county in which the proposed
authority is located has two or more municipalities, or in one municipality
if the county has only one municipality. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.
            Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.