HBA-KDB H.B. 804 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 804
By: Junell
State Affairs
3/14/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the directors of legislative agencies may serve for an
indefinite period, unlike the leadership of the legislature which can
change every two years.  It may promote political stability if agency
leadership changes as legislative leadership changes.   House Bill 804
provides that directors of legislative agencies serve two-year terms. 

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 804 amends the Government Code to provide that the state
auditor, the director of the Legislative Budget Board, the executive
director of the Texas Legislative Council, the director of the Legislative
Reference Library, and the executive director of the Sunset Advisory
Commission  (directors) serve for a two-year period beginning January 1 of
each odd-numbered year.  The bill requires the legislative audit committee,
the Legislative Budget Board, the Texas Legislative Council, the
Legislative Library Board, and the Sunset Advisory Commission to meet after
September 1 and before December 31 of each even-numbered year to either
reappoint the respective directors or appoint another person to serve in
those positions for the following two-year period. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.