Bill Text: TX HB1620 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the review date for certain governmental entities subject to the sunset review process and the regulation of horse racing by the Texas Racing Commission.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB1620 Detail]

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By: Holland, Canales, Goldman, H.B. No. 1620
Bell of Kaufman, Clardy

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 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, 2025 [2023].
SECTION 2. 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, 2025 [2023].
SECTION 3. Section 5.014, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 5.014. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality 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, 2025 [2023].
SECTION 4. Section 202.010, Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 202.010. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Juvenile Justice
Board and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department are subject to
Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued
in existence as provided by that chapter, the board and the
department are abolished September 1, 2025 [2023].
SECTION 5. 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, 2025 [2023].
SECTION 6. Section 12.005, Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 12.005. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Public Utility
Commission of Texas is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
(Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
that chapter or by Chapter 39, the commission is abolished and this
title expires September 1, 2025 [2023].
SECTION 7. Section 13.002, Utilities Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 13.002. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Office of
Public Utility Counsel is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
(Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
that chapter, the office is abolished and this chapter expires
September 1, 2025 [2023].
SECTION 8. Section 1-a(a), Chapter 276, Acts of the 45th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1937, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The District 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 District were a state agency scheduled to
be abolished September 1, 2025 [2023], and every 12th year after
that year.
SECTION 9. Section 201.025, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 201.025. SUNSET PROVISION. The State Soil and Water
Conservation Board is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
(Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
that chapter, the state board is abolished and this chapter expires
September 1, 2025 [2023].
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, 2025
[2023].
SECTION 11. Section 6.013, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 6.013. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Water Development
Board is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code
(Texas Sunset Act), but is not abolished under that chapter. The
board shall be reviewed during the period in which state agencies
abolished in 2025 [2023 and every 12th year after 2023 are
reviewed].
SECTION 12. If a conflict exists between this Act and
another Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, that
extends the sunset date of a governmental entity, the provisions of
the other Act control without regard to the relative dates of
enactment.
SECTION 13. 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, 2023.