HBA-RBT H.B. 3458 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3458
By: Kuempel
Ways & Means
3/31/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law states that county tax assessor-collectors must post bond
within 20 days of being notified of their election or appointment.  Some
may not know that this requirement exists.  H.B. 3458 provides that the tax
assessor-collector must post bond before taking office and performing the
duties of the office, removing the arbitrary 20-day deadline. 

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 6.28(a), Tax Code, to provide that to qualify
for office, a person elected or appointed as county assessor-collector
must, before the person begins to perform the duties of office, rather than
within 20 days after receiving notice of the person's election or
appointment, give bonds to the state and to the county, conditioned on the
faithful performance of the person's duties as assessor-collector. 

SECTION 2.  Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.