HBA-CMT S.B. 125 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 125
By: Shapiro
Urban Affairs
3/19/2001
Engrossed



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) is
required to report on its program performance in administering federal
programs to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
by December 18 of each year. The State of Texas Low Income Housing Plan and
Annual Report (SLIHP), as prepared by TDHCA, reports on approximately 25
programs administered by TDHCA and contains all of the performance measure
information required for the report made annually to HUD. However, the
required date of submission of the SLIHP Report to the governing board of
TDHCA is March 1 of each year. The lag in the due date between the reports
may result in a wasteful duplication of effort in reassembling the data
already required by HUD. Senate Bill 125 changes the due date of the
required annual report and state low income housing plan to December 18 of
each 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

Senate Bill 125 amends the Government Code to change from March 1 to
December 18 the date on which the executive director of the Texas
Department of Housing and Community Affairs is required to submit an annual
report of the housing activities of the Texas Department of Housing and
Community Affairs (TDHCA) in the preceding year and an integrated state low
income housing plan for the next year to the governing board of TDHCA. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.