Bill Text: TX HB766 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the sunset review of regional tollway authorities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-20 - Referred to Transportation [HB766 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB766-Introduced.html
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By: Burkett | H.B. No. 766 |
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relating to the sunset review of regional tollway authorities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 366, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 366.039 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 366.039. SUNSET REVIEW. (a) An authority is subject | ||
to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as | ||
if it were a state agency but may not be abolished under that | ||
chapter. The review shall be conducted during the period in which | ||
the department is reviewed. | ||
(b) 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 September 1, 2017. |