IMF H.B. 1653 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS


STATE AFFAIRS
H.B. 1653
By: Wise
5-6-97
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND 

There is no current state law mandating whether the date of a state
publication must be printed in the state publication.  Many documents
maintained by agencies or kept in libraries do not have a date of
publication or distribution printed on the document.  

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 1653 would require each state publication to have the
date the publication was produced or distributed printed on the
publication. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or
institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 441.103 of the Government Code by adding
Subsection (e) to require state publications to clearly print the date the
state publication was initially produced or distributed. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 1997.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.