BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 3722 By: Guillen Culture, Recreation & Tourism Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Most people who take the Texas boater education course administered by the Parks and Wildlife Commission access the course online through agents appointed by the Parks and Wildlife Department. Several agents have expressed concern about the $3 limit on the service fee they are allowed to collect and keep in Texas for providing such a course, which they assert is less than the service fees they collect for similar online courses they offer in other states. H.B. 3722 seeks to remove the limitation on the service fee an agent may collect in Texas by providing as an alternative to the $3 fee an amount set by the commission and authorizing the agent to collect and keep whichever is greater. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS H.B. 3722 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code, in a provision authorizing an agent appointed by the Parks and Wildlife Department to administer a boater education course or course equivalency examination to collect and keep a $3 service fee for administering such a course, to provide as an alternative to that fee an amount set by the Parks and Wildlife Commission and authorizes the agent to collect and keep whichever is greater. EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2011.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 3722
By: Guillen
Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Committee Report (Unamended)
H.B. 3722
By: Guillen
Culture, Recreation & Tourism
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Most people who take the Texas boater education course administered by the Parks and Wildlife Commission access the course online through agents appointed by the Parks and Wildlife Department. Several agents have expressed concern about the $3 limit on the service fee they are allowed to collect and keep in Texas for providing such a course, which they assert is less than the service fees they collect for similar online courses they offer in other states. H.B. 3722 seeks to remove the limitation on the service fee an agent may collect in Texas by providing as an alternative to the $3 fee an amount set by the commission and authorizing the agent to collect and keep whichever is greater.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS H.B. 3722 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code, in a provision authorizing an agent appointed by the Parks and Wildlife Department to administer a boater education course or course equivalency examination to collect and keep a $3 service fee for administering such a course, to provide as an alternative to that fee an amount set by the Parks and Wildlife Commission and authorizes the agent to collect and keep whichever is greater.
EFFECTIVE DATE On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2011.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Most people who take the Texas boater education course administered by the Parks and Wildlife Commission access the course online through agents appointed by the Parks and Wildlife Department. Several agents have expressed concern about the $3 limit on the service fee they are allowed to collect and keep in Texas for providing such a course, which they assert is less than the service fees they collect for similar online courses they offer in other states. H.B. 3722 seeks to remove the limitation on the service fee an agent may collect in Texas by providing as an alternative to the $3 fee an amount set by the commission and authorizing the agent to collect and keep whichever is greater.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
H.B. 3722 amends the Parks and Wildlife Code, in a provision authorizing an agent appointed by the Parks and Wildlife Department to administer a boater education course or course equivalency examination to collect and keep a $3 service fee for administering such a course, to provide as an alternative to that fee an amount set by the Parks and Wildlife Commission and authorizes the agent to collect and keep whichever is greater.
EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2011.