Bill Text: TX HB1387 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the membership, powers, and duties of the Sunset Advisory Commission.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-08 - Left pending in committee [HB1387 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1387-Introduced.html

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85R8215 MCK-D
By: Meyer H.B. No. 1387

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the membership, powers, and duties of the Sunset
Advisory Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 325.0025 to read as follows:
Sec. 325.0025. PURPOSE OF SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION. The
primary purpose of the commission is to review state agencies to
evaluate the need for the agency and determine whether the agency or
the agency's functions should be abolished or consolidated in
order to reduce the cost of state government operations.
SECTION 2. Sections 325.003(a) and (j), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) The Sunset Advisory Commission consists of five members
of the senate and two [one] public members [member] appointed by the
lieutenant governor, [and] five members of the house of
representatives and two [one] public members [member] appointed by
the speaker of the house, and one public member appointed by the
governor who may only vote on the commission's recommendations that
do not require a statutory change. The lieutenant governor and the
speaker of the house may serve as one of the legislative appointees.
(j) Eight [Seven] members of the commission constitute a
quorum. A final action or recommendation may not be made unless
approved by a record vote of a majority of members appointed by the
lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house. All other actions
by the commission shall be decided by a majority of the members
present and voting.
SECTION 3. Section 325.015(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) During the regular session immediately before the
abolition of a state agency and its [or an] advisory committees
[committee] that are [is] subject to this chapter, the legislature
by law may continue the agency and any [or] advisory committee of
the agency for a period not to exceed:
(1) eight years for an agency and any advisory
committee of the agency if the agency has 200 or more full-time
equivalent employees; and
(2) 10 [12] years for an agency and any advisory
committee of the agency if the agency has less than 200 full-time
equivalent employees.
SECTION 4. The governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker
of the house of representatives, as soon as possible after the
effective date of this Act, shall appoint public members to serve
initial terms on the Sunset Advisory Commission under Section
325.003, Government Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.