BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 2112 By: Raymond County Affairs Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A member of a county planning commission is currently required to file a financial disclosure report. Interested parties note that members of these commissions serve on a volunteer basis and that their service on a commission is generally unrelated to outside financial matters. The parties contend that in the interest of recruiting the best candidates for a commission, some counties may prefer not to require a financial disclosure report. H.B. 2112 seeks to address this issue. 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. 2112 amends the Local Government Code to remove the requirement that a member of a county planning commission file a financial disclosure report and instead authorizes the commissioners court of a county to require each county planning commission member to file such a report. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2013.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
H.B. 2112
By: Raymond
County Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
H.B. 2112
By: Raymond
County Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE A member of a county planning commission is currently required to file a financial disclosure report. Interested parties note that members of these commissions serve on a volunteer basis and that their service on a commission is generally unrelated to outside financial matters. The parties contend that in the interest of recruiting the best candidates for a commission, some counties may prefer not to require a financial disclosure report. H.B. 2112 seeks to address this issue.
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. 2112 amends the Local Government Code to remove the requirement that a member of a county planning commission file a financial disclosure report and instead authorizes the commissioners court of a county to require each county planning commission member to file such a report.
EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2013.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
A member of a county planning commission is currently required to file a financial disclosure report. Interested parties note that members of these commissions serve on a volunteer basis and that their service on a commission is generally unrelated to outside financial matters. The parties contend that in the interest of recruiting the best candidates for a commission, some counties may prefer not to require a financial disclosure report. H.B. 2112 seeks to address this issue.
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. 2112 amends the Local Government Code to remove the requirement that a member of a county planning commission file a financial disclosure report and instead authorizes the commissioners court of a county to require each county planning commission member to file such a report.
EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2013.