BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center	H.B. 882
84R19560 AAF-D	By: Miller, Rick (Birdwell)
	Veteran Affairs & Military Installations
	5/18/2015
	Engrossed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

Currently, the administrative responsibilities of the Texas Military Preparedness Commission fall solely on the director of the commission. Duties of the commission would be better performed if the director shared these responsibilities with an assistant. H.B. 882 seeks to address this issue.

H.B. 882 amends the Government Code to require the Texas Military Preparedness Commission, subject to approval of the governor, to hire an assistant director to assist the director of the commission in the performance of the commission's administrative duties. The bill requires the commission, in hiring the director and the assistant director, to consider applicants who have significant and extensive experience and knowledge relating to military installation operations, the defense industry, and the United States Department of Defense, including retired senior military officers from any branch of the United States armed forces. The bill prohibits the director from holding another position in the office of the governor.

H.B. 882 amends current law relating to the director and assistant director of the Texas Military Preparedness Commission.

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 Section 436.057, Government Code, by adding Subsections (a-1), (b), and (d), as follows:

(a-1) Requires the Texas Military Preparedness Commission (TMPC), subject to approval of the governor of the State of Texas (governor), to hire an assistant director to assist the director in the performance of the administrative duties of TMPC.

(b) Requires TMPC, in hiring the director and the assistant director, to consider applicants who have significant and extensive experience and knowledge relating to military installation operations, the defense industry, and the United States Department of Defense, including retired senior military officers from any branch of the armed forces of the United States.

(d) Prohibits the director from holding another position in the office of the governor.

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2015.