HBA-DMD C.S.H.B. 3047 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 3047 By: Hunter State, Federal, & International Relations 4/16/1999 Committee Report (Substituted) 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 are if the applicant is an elected state official, if the applicant is granted through a concurrent resolution of the Legislature or by 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. C.S.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(d) and (e), Government Code, to delete the qualification in Subdivision (6) that an order of the State Cemetery Committee (committee) specifying a person as eligible for burial in the State Cemetery be made under Subsection (e). Deletes the provision restricting the committee's authority to order a burial to 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. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE This substitute differs from the original bill in SECTION 1 (Section 2165.256, Government Code), to delete the qualification in Subdivision (6) that an order of the State Cemetery Committee specifying a person as eligible for burial in the State Cemetery be made under Subsection (e).