IMF S.B. 1036 75(R) BILL ANALYSIS STATE AFFAIRS S.B. 1036 By: Barrientos (S. Turner) 5-15-97 Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND Current state law mandates that the state policy committee and local employee committees select federated community campaign organization to serve as the state campaign manager and local campaign managers respectively. PURPOSE As proposed, S.B. 1036 would require the state policy committee and local employee committees to select a charitable organization to serve as state campaign manager and local campaign managers if no federated community campaign organization applies for the position. 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 659.140(e) of the Government Code to allow the state policy committee to select a charitable organization to serve as the state campaign manager if there is no application made by a federated community campaign organization. SECTION 2. Amends section 659.143(e) of the Government Code to require the local employee committee to select as the local campaign manager a charitable organization if there is no application made by a federated community campaign organization. SECTION 3. Amends Section 659.145(b) of the Government Code to prohibit a state advisory committee, the state policy committee, or a local employee committee to receive compensation or reimbursement from state funds. SECTION 4. Amends Subchapter H, Chapter 659 of the Government Code by adding Section 659.153 to require the attorney general to represent the state policy committee and each local employee committee in all legal matters. SECTION 5. Effective date: September 1, 1997. SECTION 6. Emergency clause.