HBA-MPM, NIK H.B. 2272 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2272 By: Ritter State Recreational Resources 8/17/1999 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (department) maintains numerous advisory committees that provide guidance and input on different issues under the jurisdiction of the department. These committees are authorized and managed in different ways, as directed by statute. H.B 2272 authorizes the chairman of the Parks and Wildlife Commission (commission) to appoint and manage committees to advise the commission on issues under its jurisdiction. This bill also repeals statutory requirements for specified committees and boards RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that rulemaking authority is expressly delegated to the chairman of the Parks and Wildlife Commission in SECTION 1 (Section 11.0162, Parks and Wildlife Code) of this bill. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter B, Chapter 11, Parks and Wildlife Code, by adding Section 11.0162, as follows: Sec. 11.0162. ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO COMMISSION. Authorizes the chairman of the Parks and Wildlife Commission (chairman) to appoint committees to advise the Parks and Wildlife Commission (commission) on issues under its jurisdiction. Authorizes the chairman to adopt rules that set the membership, terms of service, qualifications, operating procedures, and other standards to ensure the effectiveness of an advisory committee appointed under this section. SECTION 2. Repealer: Sections 22.002 (Fannin State Park Advisory Committee), 22.003 (Meetings), 22.004 (Powers of Advisory Commission), and 22.005 (Data), Parks and Wildlife Code. Sections 22.262 (Battleship "Texas" Advisory Board), 22.263 (Meetings), and 22.264 (Functions), Parks and Wildlife Code. Section 28.003 (Advisory Council), Parks and Wildlife Code. Section 49.016 (Advisory Board), Parks and Wildlife Code. Section 89.021(d) (State Artificial Reef Plan), Parks and Wildlife Code. SECTION 3. Amends Section 22.013, Parks and Wildlife Code, to require the San Jacinto Historical Advisory Board (board) to prepare minutes for all board meetings and deliver them to the commission. Requires the board to deliver its bylaws and any relevant changes to the commission. Requires any of this information to be delivered to the commission by the member of the board who is an employee of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. SECTION 4. (a) Effective date: September 1, 1999. (b) Provides the expiration of the term of a member of an advisory committee, commission, or board created under Section 22.002, 22.062, 28.003, 49.016, or 89.021(d), Parks and Wildlife Code, repealed by SECTION 2 of this Act, who is serving on August 31, 1999, expires September 1, 1999. (c) Provides that any bequest, gift, or grant of money or property accepted by the Fannin State Park Advisory Commission under Section 22.004, Parks and Wildlife Code, repealed by this Act, that is held by the board or commission on August 31, 1999, be transferred to the department. (d) Requires the department to retain all data collected under Section 22.005, Parks and Wildlife Code, or repealed by SECTION 2 of this Act, and to use it to depict the story of Texas history and independence at the battleground. SECTION 5. Emergency clause.