HBA-NMO C.S.H.B. 1925 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 1925
By: Carter
House Administration
5/6/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the flag of this state is flown above the north door of the
Capitol, and the flag of the United States is flown over the south door of
the Capitol.  C.S.H.B. 1925 requires that the flag of the State of Texas
and flag of the United States be flown above the south door of the Capitol,
and that the flag of the State of Texas alone be flown above the north door
of the Capitol.  This bill further regulates the flying of these flags at
half staff over the Capitol and the flying of the POW/MIA flag over the
Capitol.  

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 Chapter 443, Government Code, by adding Section 443.024,
as follows: 

Sec. 443.024.  DISPLAY OF THE TEXAS AND UNITED STATES FLAG.  (a) Requires
that the flag of the State of Texas and flag of the United States be flown
on the same pole above the south door of the Capitol. 

(b) Requires that the flag of the State of Texas alone be flown above the
north door of the Capitol.  

(c) Requires that the flag of the U.S. alone be flown at half staff above
the south door of the Capitol and the flag of Texas alone be flown above
the north door of the Capitol in the event that the flags are required to
be flown at half staff. 

(d) Requires that the POW/MIA flag and the flag of the U.S., on  the
occasion of the flying of the POW/MIA flag, be flown above the south door
of the Capitol and the flag of the State of Texas alone be flown above the
north door of the Capitol.   

SECTION 2.  Emergency clause.
            Effective date: 90 days after adjournment. 

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

The substitute differs from the original in SECTION 1 by removing proposed
language that would have required that the flag of the State of Texas be
flown above the south door of the Capitol and the flag of the United States
be flown above the north door of the Capitol; and by adding new Subsections
(a)-(d) of proposed Section 443.024, Government Code.  For complete
analysis of these new subsections please see the Section-by-Section
Analysis portion of this document.