SRC-LBB S.B. 336 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 336
78R3273 MCK-DBy: Wentworth
State Affairs
3/5/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, there is no marketing program relating to an annual print by a
state artist.  As proposed, S.B. 336 requires the Texas Commission on the
Arts to market a limited edition print by the designated Texas State
Artist each year to raise money for its operating fund and for the Texas
cultural endowment fund. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 444B, Government Code, by adding Section
444.032, as follows: 

Sec.  444.032.  ANNUAL PRINT BY TEXAS STATE ARTIST.  (a)  Requires the
Texas Commission on the Arts (commission) to market an annual limited
edition print by the Texas state artist for two-dimensional media. 

(b)  Requires the commission to establish a committee of certain
individuals to select the limited edition print.  Requires the committee
to work with the artist for twodimensional media to design the print. 

(c)  Requires the commission to ask the artist to donate the print to the
commission. 

  (d)  Requires the commission to develop a plan to market the prints.

(e)  Requires the commission to sell the original work of art at a public
auction and conduct a signing event at which an admission fee is charged
and at which limited edition prints that are purchased are signed  by the
artist. 

(f)  Requires the commission to deposit the first $100,000 of all proceeds
of the signing event to the credit of the Texas Commission on the Arts
operating fund in each fiscal year.  Requires the commission to deposit
additional proceeds in each fiscal year to the Texas cultural endowment
fund. 

SECTION 2.  Requires the commission to report on the effectiveness of the
program and make recommendations about expansion of the program for
three-dimensional media not later than January 15, 2005.  Requires the
commission to provide the report to certain officials. 

SECTION 3.  Effective date:  September 1, 2003.