HBA-NLM C.S.H.B. 2662 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 2662
By: Ramsay
County Affairs
4/9/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, purchasing agents appointed by the commissioners court
under Section 262.0115 (Purchasing Agents in Counties With Population of
More Than100,000), Local Government Code, do not have the same purchasing
authority and purchasing functions as those appointed by a board under
Section 262.011 (Purchasing Agents).  C.S.H.B. 2662 to include the
functions prescribed for a purchasing agent under Section 262.011
(Purchasing Agents), Local Government Code, among the functions of a
purchasing agent appointed under Section 262.0115.  

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 262.0115(d), Local Government Code, to include
the functions prescribed for a purchasing agent under Section 262.011
(Purchasing Agents), Local Government Code, among the functions of the
purchasing agent. 

SECTION 2.  Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 2662 modifies the original in SECTION 1 (Section 262.0115(d),
Local Government Code) by removing from the functions to be carried out by
a purchasing agent, a function prescribed by an order of the commissioners
court.