HBA-SEP H.B. 1026 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1026
By: Deshotel
State Affairs
3/14/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law authorizes state buildings to be named for a person only if the
person is deceased and was significant in state history.  This provision
does not apply to university buildings or prisons.  However, secure
correctional facilities operated by the Texas Youth Commission are not
currently exempt from this provision.  House Bill 1026 provides this
exemption. 

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 Bill 1026 amends the Government Code to provide that a secure
correctional facility operated by the Texas Youth Commission is an
additional exception to the provision authorizing a building, that will be
used as a state or regional headquarters for a state agency, to bear the
name of a person only if the person is deceased and was significant in the
state's history.  

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.