HBA-DMD H.B. 3047 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3047
By: Hunter
State, Federal, & International Relations
4/4/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, there are three ways in which a person may be selected
for burial in the Texas Cemetery. Three ways that a person can be selected
is if the applicant is an elected state official, if the applicant is
granted through a concurrent resolution of the Legislature or be a
proclamation by the governor, and if the applicant is granted by the
majority vote of the State Cemetery Committee (committee). However, the
committee cannot when the legislature is in session grant permission to
applicants who are not automatically qualified. This creates the need for
the committee to solicit a governor's proclamation or a resolution from the
legislature before moving ahead with the decision.  

H.B. 3047 allows the committee to grant permission for burials in the Texas
State Cemetery while the legislature is in session. 

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. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 2165.256(e), Government Code, to delete the
provision authorizing the State Cemetery Committee by order to authorize a
burial only during a period in which the legislature is not convened in
regular or special session and only if the committee finds that the person
made a significant contribution to Texas history. 

SECTION 2.Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.Emergency clause.