HBA-GUM, KMH H.B. 510 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 510 By: Hartnett Judicial Affairs 6/21/1999 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Commission on Uniform State Laws promotes uniformity in state laws through the work of commissioners sent by Texas and other states to the National Conference on Uniform State Laws (NCUSL). If the NCUSL adopts a new uniform law, the commissioners present the proposed uniform law to their respective legislatures for adoption. The commissioners are scholars, professionals in the legal profession, and individuals with a demonstrated commitment to uniformity in state laws. Prior to the 76th Texas Legislature, the law granted lifetime membership on the state's Commission on Uniform State Laws to Texans who have been elected to lifetime membership by the NCUSL. H.B. 510 expands the number of persons who automatically become life members on the Commission on Uniform State Laws to include any person who has at least 15 years of service as a member of the commission and at least five years of combined service as a judge or justice of a trial or appellate court of this state. 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 762.003(a), Government Code, to grant life membership on the Commission on Uniform State Laws (commission) to a person who has at least 15 years of service as a member of the commission and at least five years of combined service as a judge or justice of a trial or appellate court of this state. SECTION 2. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.