HBA-ALS C.S.H.B. 3704 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 3704 By: Shields State Affairs 4/15/1999 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, there is no requirement that a bondsman's name, address, and telephone number appear on a payment or performance bond. As a result, it may be difficult to locate the bondsman to obtain payment on a bond. C.S.H.B. 3704 requires that performance and payment bonds clearly display the surety's name and the surety contact person's name, mailing address, physical address, area code, and telephone number to whom a notice of claim should be given. 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 2253.021, Government Code, by adding Subsection (f), to require a bond under this chapter clearly display on its face the name of the surety and the name, mailing, address, physical address, area code, and telephone number of the surety contact person to whom a notice of claim should be given. SECTION 2. Amends Section 2253.024(a), Government Code, to make conforming and nonsubstantive changes. SECTION 3. Amends Section 2253.026(a), Government Code, to make conforming and nonsubstantive changes. SECTION 4.Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 5.Emergency clause. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE The substitute modifies the original in SECTION 1 (Section 2253.021, Government Code) in proposed Subsection (f) to require that a bond clearly display on its face the name of the surety issuer and its contact person's name, mailing address, physical address, area code, and telephone number to whom a notice of claim should be given, rather than merely the name, address, and telephone number of the bondsman. The substitute modifies the original in SECTION 2 (Section 2253.024) by making nonsubstantive and conforming changes in Subsection (a). The substitute modifies the original in SECTION 3 (Section 2253.026) to delete proposed changes to Subsection (b) which required a bond to clearly display on its face the name, address, and telephone number of the bondsman and made nonsubstantive changes. The substitute instead makes changes to Subsection (a) to require a governmental entity to furnish to a person who applies for the information and submits a specified affidavit the name of the surety issuer and its contact person's name, address, area code, and telephone number to whom a notice of claim should be given. The substitute modifies the original by amending Sections 2253.021, 2253.024, and 2253.026, Government Code, rather than Sections 2553.021, 2553.024, and 2553.026. This reflects a correction to conform with existing statutes.