HBA-NLM, ALS, RAR H.B. 800 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 800 By: Uher Transportation 4/8/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Chapter 791 (Interlocal Cooperation Act), Government Code, authorizes one or more local governments to agree with another local government or with the state or a state agency to purchase goods and services. There are concerns surrounding allegations made by the Motor Vehicle Board of the Texas Department of Transportation (board), that any such local government, administrative agency or state agency, purchasing a motor vehicle on behalf of another local government, is operating without a license issued by the board. The board also alleges these entities may be violating state law by the virtue of such activity. H.B. 800 provides that a local government, including a council of governments or a state agency that purchases a motor vehicle under an interlocal contract on behalf of a contracting party, is not a broker, converter, distributor, franchised or nonfranchised dealer, lease facilitator, lessor, manufacturer, or representative as defined by the Texas Motor Vehicle Commission Code, and is not subject to the licensing requirements of that code. 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 791.025, Government Code, to provide that a local government, including a council of governments or a state agency that purchases a motor vehicle under an interlocal contract on behalf of a contracting party is not a broker, converter, distributor, franchised or nonfranchised dealer, lease facilitator, lessor, manufacturer, or representative as defined by Section 1.03, Texas Motor Vehicle Commission Code, Article 4413(36), V.T.C.S., and is not subject to the licensing requirements of Subchapter D, Texas Motor Vehicle Commission Code, Article 4413(36), V.T.C.S. Creates Subsection (d) from existing text. Redesignates existing Subsection (d) to Subsection (e). SECTION 2. Emergency clause. Effective date: 90 days after adjournment.