HBA-DMD H.B. 3104 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3104
By: Merritt
State Affairs
4/4/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under the current system, the three commissioners of the Texas Railroad
Commission (commissioner) are elected to six-year terms. However, since
1940 there has been a high turnover rate for commissioners and only six
have completed the full six-year term.  H.B. 3104 sets forth that a
commissioner is ineligible to become a candidate in any general, special,
or primary election for any other state office during the term for which
the commissioner is elected or appointed. 

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 Article 6447, V.T.C.S., to set forth that a commissioner
of the Railroad Commission (commissioner) is ineligible to become a
candidate in any general, special, or primary election for any other state
office of profit or trust under the laws of this state or the United States
during the term for which the commissioner is elected or appointed. 

SECTION 2.Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.Emergency clause.