Bill Text: TX SB207 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review process.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-25 - Referred to Transportation [SB207 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB207-Introduced.html

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83R7395 MCK-D
By: Nichols S.B. No. 207

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review
process.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
ARTICLE 1. ENTITIES GIVEN 2021 SUNSET DATE
SECTION 1.01. TEXAS INVASIVE SPECIES COORDINATING
COMMITTEE. Section 776.007(a), Government Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) The committee is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset
Act). [The committee shall be reviewed during the periods in which
the State Soil and Water Conservation Board is reviewed.] Unless
continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the committee
is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2021 [on the date
on which that agency is subject to abolishment].
SECTION 1.02. TEXAS COUNCIL ON PURCHASING FROM PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES. Section 122.006, Human Resources Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 122.006. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Council on
Purchasing from People with Disabilities is subject to Chapter 325,
Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
as provided by that chapter, the council is abolished and this
chapter expires September 1, 2021 [2015].
ARTICLE 2. ENTITIES REMOVED FROM SPECIFIC SUNSET REVIEW
SECTION 2.01. EARLY CHILDHOOD HEALTH AND NUTRITION
INTERAGENCY COUNCIL. Section 116.002, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 116.002. REVIEW BY [APPLICATION OF] SUNSET ADVISORY
COMMISSION [ACT]. The Sunset Advisory Commission shall review the
[The] Early Childhood Health and Nutrition Interagency Council as
part of its periodic review of the Department of Agriculture under
[is subject to] Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
Act). [Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
the council is abolished and this chapter expires September 1,
2019.]
ARTICLE 3. EFFECTIVE DATE
SECTION 3.01. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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.