H.B. 2582 78(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


H.B. 2582
By: Jones, Elizabeth
State Cultural and Recreational Resources
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Texas' current funding for the arts amounts to 18 cents per citizen
annually, placing it last among the 50 states.   The Texas Commission on
the Arts (TCA) oversees the Texas Cultural Endowment Trust Fund, which is
intended to provide a sustaining funding source to enhance arts education
and encourage economic development in the state. The fund is a "local"
fund held outside of the State Treasury and managed by Chase Bank.  

The commission on the Arts is currently pursuing the Texas Music Project.
This project would put out a CD of Texas artists each year.  The proceeds
from the project would go into the cultural endowment fund with a portion
of the interest to be used for music education.  HB 2582 codifies the
current efforts and designates that the proceeds go to the cultural
endowment fund 

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. 

ANALYSIS

H.B. 2582 amends the Government Code by adding a section creating the
Texas Music Compact Disc Project.  It states that the Texas Commission on
the Arts shall create, promote, and distribute a series of compact discs
featuring Texas artists 

H.B. 2582 states that the Commission shall seek donations of time, talent,
and property to help facilitate the project. 

H.B. 2582 designates that the proceeds from the sale of the discs be
deposited in the Texas endowment fund. 


EFFECTIVE DATE

This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of
all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article
III, Texas Constitution.  If this Act does not receive the vote necessary
for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.