Bill Text: TX HB635 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the sunset review of the Lower Colorado River Authority.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-23 - Left pending in committee [HB635 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB635-Introduced.html
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| By: Howard | H.B. No. 635 | |
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| relating to the sunset review of the Lower Colorado River | ||
| Authority. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 8503, Special District Local Laws Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 8503.0031 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 8503.0031. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. (a) The | ||
| authority is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code | ||
| (Texas Sunset Act), as if it were a state agency but is not | ||
| abolished under that chapter. | ||
| (b) The authority shall be reviewed during the period in | ||
| which state agencies scheduled to be reviewed or abolished in 2015 | ||
| and every 12th year after that year are reviewed. | ||
| (c) The authority shall pay the cost incurred by the Sunset | ||
| Advisory Commission in performing a review of the authority under | ||
| this section. The Sunset Advisory Commission shall determine the | ||
| cost, and the authority shall pay the amount promptly on receipt of | ||
| a statement from the Sunset Advisory Commission detailing the cost. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2013. | ||
