HBA-MPA S.B. 417 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 417 By: Lindsay County Affairs 3/17/1999 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, Texas law requires emergency services districts and rural fire prevention districts which are located wholly in one county to file with the commissioners court of the county two reports each year. As one report substantially duplicates another, this bill eliminates the redundant report. S.B. 417 changes the reporting duties of the emergency services districts and rural fire prevention districts. 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 775.036, Health and Safety Code, to exempt the board of an emergency services district from the requirement to give a report to the commissioners court by February 1 of each year regarding the district's administration for the previous year and its financial condition, if the district is located in a single county. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 2. Amends Section 795.035, Health and Safety Code, to exempt the board of a rural fire prevention district from the requirement to give a report to the commissioners court by February 1 of each year regarding the district's administration for the previous year and its financial condition, if the district is located in a single county. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 4. Emergency clause.