HBA-JEK C.S.S.B. 1043 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.S.B. 1043
By: Duncan
State, Federal & International Relations
4/16/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

In 1933, the legislature authorized the lieutenant governor and the speaker
of the house of representatives to designate a committee to recognize a
Texas poet laureate.  A Texas poet laureate was designated each subsequent
year until 1984, at which point the designation became intermittent.  A
Texas state artist has been designated with few exceptions every year since
1971, and both a two-dimensional and a threedimensional state artist have
been designated in recent years.  Although the state has a long tradition
of designating a poet laureate and state artist, no permanent procedure for
the selection of a state artist, state musician, or poet laureate exists.
C.S.S.B. 1043 creates a committee to annually select a poet laureate, state
musician, state artist for two-dimensional media, and state artist for
three-dimensional media.  

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

C.S.S.B. 1043 establishes a Texas poet laureate, state musician, and state
artist committee (committee). The bill requires the committee to choose a
poet laureate, state musician, state artist for two-dimensional media, and
state artist for three-dimensional media from a list of individuals
submitted by the Texas Commission on the Arts.  The bill sets forth
nomination and decision-making procedures as well as provisions regarding
the administration of the committee.  The committee is composed of seven
members, one of whom is appointed by the governor, three are appointed by
the lieutenant governor, and three are appointed by the speaker of the
house of representatives. 

The bill requires the governor and members of the committee to honor the
poet laureate, state musician, and state artists in a ceremony at the State
Capitol, and provides that the honorees will keep their designations for
one year from the date of the ceremony.  The bill provides that the poet
laureate, state musician, and state artists will not receive payment or
emolument. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.S.B. 1043 differs from the original bill by conforming to Texas
Legislative Council style.