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.