HBA-JEK S.B. 1043 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1043 By: Duncan State, Federal & International Relations 4/8/2001 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE In 1933, the legislature authorized the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives to designate a committee to recognize a Texas poet laureate. A Texas poet laureate was designated each subsequent year until 1984, at which point the designation became intermittent. A Texas state artist has been designated with few exceptions every year since 1971, and both a two-dimensional and a threedimensional state artist have been designated in recent years. Although the state has a long tradition of designating a poet laureate and state artist, no permanent procedure for the selection of a state artist, state musician, or poet laureate exists. Senate Bill 1043 creates a committee to annually select a poet laureate, state musician, state artist for two-dimensional media, and state artist for three-dimensional media. 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 Senate Bill 1043 establishes a Texas poet laureate, state musician, and state artist committee (committee). The bill requires the committee to choose a poet laureate, state musician, state artist for two-dimensional media, and state artist for three-dimensional media from a list of individuals submitted by the Texas Commission on the Arts. The bill sets forth nomination and decision-making procedures as well as provisions regarding the administration of the committee. The committee is composed of seven members, one of whom is appointed by the governor, three are appointed by the lieutenant governor, and three are appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. The bill requires the governor and members of the committee to honor the poet laureate, state musician, and state artists in a ceremony at the State Capitol, and provides that the honorees will keep their designations for one year from the date of the ceremony. The bill provides that the poet laureate, state musician, and state artists will not receive payment or emolument. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.