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


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1189
By: Gallego
Urban Affairs
2/18/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the law requires that in order to establish a civic center
authority 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.  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 a population under
15,000. 

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 each of two or more municipalities, if the population of
the county in which the proposed authority is located is more than 15,000,
or in one municipality if the county population is less than 15,000. 

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

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.