HBA-ATS H.B. 502 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 502
By: Tillery
Public Health
4/13/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

The Texas Funeral Service Commission (commission) is required by statute to
employ or contract for the services of persons to investigate complaints
received by the commission.  To qualify as an investigator, a person must
be a private investigator licensed in this state, a private investigator
previously licensed under state or federal law, or an investigator
previously employed by a law enforcement agency.  H.B. 502 repeals the
mandate that the commission hire certain qualified individuals to serve as
investigators, thus giving the commission the latitude to establish and
implement its own standards for hiring investigators. 

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.  Repealer: Section 6D(f), Article 4582b, V.T.C.S. (Complaints).
Section 6D(f) requires the Texas Funeral Service Commission to employ
persons to investigate complaints received by the commission, and
prescribes the qualifications such persons must have in order to be hired. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.