Bill Text: TX HB1600 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the review date for certain governmental entities subject to the sunset review process.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-26 - Placed on intent calendar [HB1600 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1600-Comm_Sub.html
By: Canales (Senate Sponsor - Buckingham) | H.B. No. 1600 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2021; | ||
April 19, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Administration; May 6, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable | ||
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; | ||
May 6, 2021, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1600 | By: Buckingham |
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relating to the review date for certain governmental entities | ||
subject to the sunset review process. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.003, Agriculture Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.003. SUNSET PROVISION. The Department of | ||
Agriculture is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas | ||
Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that | ||
chapter, the department is abolished September 1, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 74.127(a), Agriculture Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board of directors of the official cotton growers' | ||
boll weevil eradication foundation is subject to Chapter 325, | ||
Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence | ||
as provided by that chapter, the board is abolished and this | ||
subchapter expires September 1, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 161.027, Agriculture Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 161.027. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Animal Health | ||
Commission is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset | ||
Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, | ||
the commission is abolished September 1, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 54.603, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 54.603. SUNSET PROVISION. The Prepaid Higher | ||
Education Tuition Board is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code | ||
(Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by | ||
that chapter, the board is abolished and the programs established | ||
under this subchapter and under Subchapters G and H terminate | ||
September 1, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 5. Section 15.212, Finance Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
Sec. 15.212. SUNSET PROVISION. The Credit Union Department | ||
and the Credit Union Commission are subject to Chapter 325, | ||
Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence | ||
as provided by that chapter, the department and commission are | ||
abolished September 1, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 6. Section 419.003, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 419.003. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Commission on | ||
Fire Protection is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). | ||
Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the | ||
commission is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2023 | ||
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SECTION 7. Section 449.002, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 449.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Holocaust and | ||
Genocide Commission is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). | ||
Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the | ||
commission is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2023 | ||
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SECTION 8. Section 481.003, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 481.003. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Economic | ||
Development and Tourism Office is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas | ||
Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that | ||
chapter, the office is abolished and this chapter expires September | ||
1, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 9. Section 511.003, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 511.003. SUNSET PROVISION. The Commission on Jail | ||
Standards is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless | ||
continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission | ||
is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 10. Section 751.003, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 751.003. SUNSET PROVISION. The Office of | ||
State-Federal Relations is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset | ||
Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, | ||
the office is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2023 | ||
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SECTION 11. Section 825.006, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 825.006. SUNSET PROVISION. The board of trustees of | ||
the Teacher Retirement System of Texas is subject to review under | ||
Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act), but is not abolished under that | ||
chapter. The board shall be reviewed during the period in which | ||
state agencies abolished in 2023 [ |
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that year, are reviewed. | ||
SECTION 12. Section 691.003, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 691.003. SUNSET PROVISION. The Anatomical Board of | ||
the State of Texas is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas | ||
Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that | ||
chapter, the board is abolished September 1, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 13. Section 51.002(a), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation and the | ||
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation are subject to Chapter | ||
325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in | ||
existence as provided by that chapter, the commission and the | ||
department are abolished September 1, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 14. Section 801.003, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 801.003. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The State Board of | ||
Veterinary Medical Examiners is subject to Chapter 325, Government | ||
Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided | ||
by that chapter, the board is abolished and this chapter expires | ||
September 1, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 15. Section 1701.002, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1701.002. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Texas | ||
Commission on Law Enforcement is subject to Chapter 325, Government | ||
Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided | ||
by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter | ||
expires September 1, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 16. Section 2021.008(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission is subject to Chapter 325, Government | ||
Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided | ||
by that chapter, and except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c), | ||
the commission is abolished and this subtitle expires September 1, | ||
2023 [ |
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SECTION 17. Section 11.0111, Parks and Wildlife Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.0111. SUNSET PROVISION. The Parks and Wildlife | ||
Department is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset | ||
Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, | ||
the department is abolished September 1, 2023 [ |
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SECTION 18. Section 8502.0021(a), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The authority is subject to review under Chapter 325, | ||
Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), but may not be abolished under | ||
that chapter. The review shall be conducted under Section 325.025, | ||
Government Code, as if the authority were a state agency scheduled | ||
to be abolished September 1, 2023 [ |
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that year. | ||
SECTION 19. If a conflict exists between this Act and | ||
another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, that | ||
amends or repeals the sunset date of a governmental entity, the | ||
provisions of the other Act control without regard to the relative | ||
dates of enactment. | ||
SECTION 20. 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, 2021. | ||
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