HBA-CMT H.B. 1863 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1863
By: Kuempel
County Affairs
3/11/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the county commissioners court requires an owner of a dog to pay
a $1 registration fee to register a dog.  This fee does not provide enough
revenue to cover the cost of the registration services in all instances.
House Bill 1863 authorizes a county commissioners court to raise the
registration fee for dogs to an amount not to exceed $5. 

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. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1863 amends the Health and Safety Code to authorize the
commissioners court of a county to set the fee for dog registration to an
amount greater than $1 but not more than $5. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001.