HBA-NMO C.S.H.B. 1925 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 1925 By: Carter House Administration 5/6/1999 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Currently, the flag of this state is flown above the north door of the Capitol, and the flag of the United States is flown over the south door of the Capitol. C.S.H.B. 1925 requires that the flag of the State of Texas and flag of the United States be flown above the south door of the Capitol, and that the flag of the State of Texas alone be flown above the north door of the Capitol. This bill further regulates the flying of these flags at half staff over the Capitol and the flying of the POW/MIA flag over the Capitol. 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. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Chapter 443, Government Code, by adding Section 443.024, as follows: Sec. 443.024. DISPLAY OF THE TEXAS AND UNITED STATES FLAG. (a) Requires that the flag of the State of Texas and flag of the United States be flown on the same pole above the south door of the Capitol. (b) Requires that the flag of the State of Texas alone be flown above the north door of the Capitol. (c) Requires that the flag of the U.S. alone be flown at half staff above the south door of the Capitol and the flag of Texas alone be flown above the north door of the Capitol in the event that the flags are required to be flown at half staff. (d) Requires that the POW/MIA flag and the flag of the U.S., on the occasion of the flying of the POW/MIA flag, be flown above the south door of the Capitol and the flag of the State of Texas alone be flown above the north door of the Capitol. SECTION 2. Emergency clause. Effective date: 90 days after adjournment. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE The substitute differs from the original in SECTION 1 by removing proposed language that would have required that the flag of the State of Texas be flown above the south door of the Capitol and the flag of the United States be flown above the north door of the Capitol; and by adding new Subsections (a)-(d) of proposed Section 443.024, Government Code. For complete analysis of these new subsections please see the Section-by-Section Analysis portion of this document.