HBA-MPA C.S.H.B. 3351 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 3351
By: Turner, Bob
Transportation
5/5/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Recently, in high-growth counties there has been an increase in the number
of property owners purchasing manufactured homes.  The transportation of
these homes can put a strain on county road infrastructure.  Commissioners
courts have expressed a desire for some type of notice informing them of
the transportation of a manufactured home in the county, to aid better road
planning. C.S.H.B. 3351 requires the Texas Department of Transportation to
provide a county judge with a copy of the transportation permit for a
manufactured home if it is to be used as a residence within the county, and
requires the county to reimburse the cost of providing such notice. 

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 623.094, Transportation Code, by adding
Subsection (c), to require the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT),
upon request, to send a copy of each permit for the transportation of a
manufactured house to the county judge in each county in which the
transportation ends at a site where the manufactured house will be occupied
as a residence.  Requires the county to reimburse TxDOT for all costs
associated with sending the county judge a permit under this subsection. 

SECTION 2.Emergency clause.
  Effective date: 90 days after adjournment. 

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 3351 differs from the original in SECTION 1 (proposed Section
623.093(c), Transportation Code), by adding language that specifies that a
copy of the permit for the transportation of a manufactured house must be
sent to the county judge of the county in which the transportation ends and
where it will be occupied as a residence, rather than where it ends, as in
the original bill.  The substitute adds a provision that  requires the
county to reimburse TxDOT for all costs associated with sending the county
judge a permit.  The changes made by the substitute are given effect by
adding a new Subsection (c) to Section 623.094, Transportation Code, rather
than adding a new Subsection (f) to Section 623.093, Transportation Code,
as proposed in the original bill.