HBA-DMH H.B. 2795 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2795
By: Eiland
Transportation
4/22/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, counties with a population of more than 1.18 million are
authorized to impose an additional fee for child safety in addition to the
current vehicle registration fee.  House Bill 2795 modifies the provisions
for the disposition of the revenues for the child safety fee. 

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 2795 amends the Transportation Code to authorize a county that
has a municipality with a population of more than 850,000 that is partially
or wholly located in the county to deduct from the child safety fee revenue
that may be collected for registering a vehicle in the county an amount
proportional to the percentage of county residents who live in
unincorporated areas of the county.  The bill authorizes a county to use
this fee amount for a school crossing guard program in a specified manner
and provides for alternate uses of the fee amount.  After making the
deduction for administrative costs and the deduction for unincorporated
areas of the county, the county is required to send the remainder of the
child safety fee revenue to the municipalities in the county according to
population.  After making the deduction for administrative costs, the bill
authorizes a county that does not have a municipality with a population of
more than 850,000 partially or wholly located in the county to use revenue
from the imposed child safety fee for the same purposes. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

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