HBA-NRS H.B. 2212 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2212
By: Farabee
County Affairs
4/1/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law prohibits the county auditor from certifying funds for the
current fiscal year that are received after the fiscal year goes into
effect unless the funds are public or private grant or aid money or the
funds are received from an intergovernmental contract. This prevents the
county from using funds from other sources throughout the year and requires
the county to hold the money until it can be budgeted into the next fiscal
year. House Bill 2212 allows a county auditor to certify to the
commissioners court the receipt of revenue received on or after the first
day of the fiscal year. 

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 2212 amends the Local Government Code to authorize a county
auditor or county judge in a county that does not have an auditor to
certify to the commissioners court the receipt of revenue received on or
after the first day of the fiscal year but not received before the adoption
of the budget and therefore not included in the budget for that fiscal
year. On certification, the bill authorizes a county commissioners court to
adopt a special budget for the limited purpose of spending the revenue for
its intended purpose. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.