Bill Text: TX SR1240 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 652.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-28 - Reported enrolled [SR1240 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SR1240-Enrolled.html
By: Hegar | S.R. No. 1240 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, That Senate Rule 12.03 be | ||
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the | ||
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on | ||
Senate Bill 652 (governmental and certain quasi-governmental | ||
entities subject to the sunset review process) to consider and | ||
take action on the following matter: | ||
Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee | ||
to add text on matters not included in either the house or senate | ||
version of the bill by adding the following: | ||
SECTION 1.07. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS. | ||
(a) Section 81.01001, Natural Resources Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 81.01001. SUNSET PROVISION. The Railroad | ||
Commission of Texas 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, 2013 | ||
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(b) This section takes effect only if the 82nd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, does not enact other | ||
legislation that becomes law and that amends Section 81.01001, | ||
Natural Resources Code, to extend the sunset date of the Railroad | ||
Commission of Texas. If the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, | ||
2011, enacts legislation of that kind, this section has no | ||
effect. | ||
(c) The review of the Railroad Commission of Texas by the | ||
Sunset Advisory Commission in preparation for the work of the | ||
83rd Legislature in Regular Session is not limited to the | ||
appropriateness of recommendations made by the commission to the | ||
82nd Legislature. In the commission's report to the 83rd | ||
Legislature, the commission may include any recommendations it | ||
considers appropriate. | ||
SECTION 1.08. PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS. | ||
(a) 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, 2013 [ |
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(b) This section takes effect only if the 82nd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, does not enact other | ||
legislation that becomes law and that amends Section 12.005, | ||
Utilities Code, to extend the sunset date of the Public Utility | ||
Commission of Texas. If the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, | ||
2011, enacts legislation of that kind, this section has no | ||
effect. | ||
SECTION 1.09. ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS. | ||
(a) Section 39.151, Utilities Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsections (n) and (n-1) to read as follows: | ||
(n) An independent organization certified by the | ||
commission under this section is subject to review under Chapter | ||
325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), but is not abolished | ||
under that chapter. The independent organization shall be | ||
reviewed during the periods in which the Public Utility | ||
Commission of Texas is reviewed. | ||
(n-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (n), an independent | ||
organization certified by the commission under this section is | ||
not subject to review in preparation for the work of the 83rd | ||
Legislature in Regular Session. This subsection expires | ||
September 1, 2013. | ||
(b) This section takes effect only if the 82nd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, does not enact other | ||
legislation that becomes law and that amends Section 39.151, | ||
Utilities Code, to subject an independent organization certified | ||
by the Public Utility Commission of Texas under that section to | ||
sunset review during the periods in which the commission is | ||
reviewed. If the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, enacts | ||
legislation of that kind, this section has no effect. | ||
SECTION 1.10. PORT OF HOUSTON AUTHORITY. Chapter 97, | ||
Acts of the 40th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1927, is | ||
amended by adding Section 9 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 9. SUNSET REVIEW. (a) The Port of Houston | ||
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 as | ||
if the authority were scheduled to be abolished September 1, | ||
2013. | ||
(b) The reviews must assess the authority's governance, | ||
management, and operating structure, and the authority's | ||
compliance with legislative requirements. | ||
(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. | ||
(d) This section expires September 1, 2013. | ||
SECTION 2.01. REGIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE CENTERS. | ||
Subchapter A, Chapter 8, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 8.010 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8.010. SUNSET PROVISION. Regional education | ||
service centers are subject to Chapter 325, Government Code | ||
(Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided | ||
by that chapter, the centers are abolished and this chapter | ||
expires September 1, 2015. | ||
SECTION 6.02. OFFICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL. 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 | ||
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ARTICLE 8. SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION | ||
SECTION 8.01. REVIEW OF AGENCIES REVIEWED FOR THE 82nd | ||
LEGISLATURE. For a state agency that was reviewed by the Sunset | ||
Advisory Commission in preparation for the work of the 82nd | ||
Legislature in Regular Session and the abolition date of which | ||
was extended to 2013, the commission, unless expressly provided | ||
otherwise, shall limit its review of the agency in preparation | ||
for the work of the 83rd Legislature in Regular Session to the | ||
appropriateness of recommendations made by the commission to the | ||
82nd Legislature. In the commission's report to the 83rd | ||
Legislature, the commission may include any recommendations it | ||
considers appropriate. This section expires September 1, 2013. | ||
Explanation: This addition is necessary to change the | ||
sunset review date for various state agencies, to subject the | ||
Electric Reliability Council of Texas to sunset review during the | ||
periods in which the Public Utility Commission of Texas is | ||
reviewed, to subject the Port of Houston Authority and regional | ||
education service centers to sunset review, and to limit the | ||
review of state agencies that were reviewed by the Sunset | ||
Advisory Commission in preparation for the work of the 82nd | ||
Legislature in Regular Session. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 28, 2011, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate |