GUM H.B. 3213 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3213 By: McCall Ways & Means 4/8/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The 75th Texas Legislature created a task force to study ways to improve statewide referral and reporting of delinquent obligations to the state. The task force found that the age of the debt is a significant factor in predicting its collection; as the debt ages, its successful collection becomes increasingly difficult. The task force also found that though the annual debt report is currently required by administrative rule, some agencies do not comply. H.B. 3213 addresses the task force findings and recommendations to require a state agency to refer a debt to the Office of the Attorney General within 120 days after the debt becomes delinquent and to require by statute the filing of annual debt reports with the attorney general. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that in SECTION 2 (Section 2107.005, Government Code) this bill modifies rulemaking authority previously granted to the attorney general. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 2107.004, Government Code, to require a state agency, no later than 120 days after an obligation becomes delinquent, rather than the 30th day after the date an obligation becomes delinquent, to report the uncollected and delinquent obligation to the attorney general for further collection efforts. SECTION 2. Amends Section 2107.005, Government Code, to require each state agency to file an annual debt report with the attorney general within 90 days of the close of each fiscal year. Requires the report to contain the information required by rules adopted under this section (Reports to Attorney General). SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 4. Emergency clause.