HBA-SEP H.B. 252 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 252
By: Najera
State Affairs
2/6/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Many state agency employees travel long distances to attend work-related
training or education sessions. Diminishing this commute would reduce the
financial burden and time commitment associated with traveling long
distances and would allow easier accessibility for individuals who do not
own vehicles.  Current law does not encourage agencies to conveniently
locate a training facility.  House Bill 252 requires a governmental entity
to make reasonable efforts to locate the service facility in reasonable
proximity to where the majority of the students enrolled at the facility
reside. 

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 252 amends the Government Code to require a state agency or
other governmental entity that administers an educational or training
program to make reasonable efforts to locate each facility in which the
services are provided in reasonable proximity to where the majority of the
students enrolled at the facility reside.  This provision does not apply to
a public school or an institution of higher education. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

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