HBA-NIK H.B. 3208 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3208
By: Swinford
Land & Resource Management
4/7/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under Chapter 32 (School Land Board), Natural Resources Code, the School
Land Board (board) is required to meet at the General Land Office on the
first and third Tuesdays of each month.  There may be times when the amount
of business facing the board does not warrant meeting so frequently. H.B.
3208 permits these meetings to be held on an as-needed basis, and
authorizes the chairman of the board to call special meetings as necessary
upon providing notice to other board members. 

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 Section 32.016, Natural Resources Code, by amending
Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c), as follows: 

(a)  Requires the School Land Board (board) to hold meetings on the first
and third Tuesdays of each month when necessary for the board to meet. 

(b)  Authorizes the chairman of the board to call special meetings of the
board as the chairman deems necessary, through giving notice to other board
members. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.