HBA-EDN H.J.R. 75 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.J.R. 75 By: Mowery Constitutional Revision, Select 3/30/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Texas Constitution contains provisions which are obsolete, archaic, redundant, and unnecessary. Numerous duplicate, executed, and archaic clauses could be repealed or amended without changing the substance of the document. Reformatting the constitution to consolidate duplicate provisions and to delete language that has become outdated will make the document less complex and easier to understand. As proposed, House Joint Resolution 75 requires the submission to the voters of a constitutional amendment providing for the reformatting of the constitution to address these needs. 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 House Joint Resolution 75 amends the Texas Constitution to eliminate obsolete, archaic, redundant, and unnecessary provisions and to clarify, update, and consolidate certain other provisions. The resolution repeals provisions relating to the creation of permanent accounts for property previously set aside for the benefit of the Lunatic, Blind, Deaf and Dumb, and Orphan Asylums (Sec. 3.02). The resolution creates a temporary provision to provide for the transfer of any such remaining property to the permanent school fund. H.J.R. 75 requires any outstanding income from that land or other property accruing before the repeal of those provisions to be deposited to the credit of the available school fund. This temporary provision expires January 1, 2003 (Sec. 3.03). The resolution also creates a temporary provision to provide that the reenactment of any provision for the purposes of amendment does not revive a provision that may have been impliedly repealed by the adoption of a later amendment and that the amendment of any provision does not affect vested rights (Sec. 7.01). FOR ELECTION This proposed constitutional amendment shall be submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2001.