Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HCR291 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	81R39062 JRD-D
2	2	By: Pitts H.C.R. No. 291
3	3
4	4
5	5	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
6	6	WHEREAS, House Bill No. 4583 has been adopted by the house of
7	7	representatives and the senate and is being prepared for
8	8	enrollment; and
9	9	WHEREAS, The bill contains technical errors that should be
10	10	corrected; now, therefore, be it
11	11	RESOLVED by the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas,
12	12	Regular Session, That the enrolling clerk of the house of
13	13	representatives be instructed to make the following correction:
14	14	Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION as the
15	15	next-to-last SECTION of the bill and renumber the last SECTION of
16	16	the bill accordingly:
17	17	SECTION ____. STATE AGENCIES ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL STIMULUS
18	18	FUNDING: ABOLITION UNDER SUNSET REVIEW PROCESS POSTPONED. (a)
19	19	Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that by law is
20	20	scheduled for abolition on September 1, 2009, in connection with
21	21	the process by which state agencies are periodically reviewed in
22	22	accordance with Chapter 325, Government Code, is not abolished on
23	23	September 1, 2009, and is not subject to the procedure after
24	24	termination prescribed by Section 325.017, Government Code, if the
25	25	agency is eligible to administer federal stimulus funds received by
26	26	this state under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
27	27	of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-5) or to monitor a program funded in whole
28	28	or part by federal stimulus funds. To provide for the orderly
29	29	expenditure of federal stimulus funds, the agencies are continued
30	30	in existence until September 1, 2011, or a later date as
31	31	subsequently determined by the 81st or 82nd Legislature. For
32	32	purposes of this section, the agencies that are eligible to
33	33	administer federal stimulus funds received by this state under the
34	34	federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or to
35	35	monitor a program funded in whole or in part by federal stimulus
36	36	funds and that are continued in existence under this section to
37	37	provide for the orderly expenditure of federal stimulus funds are:
38	38	(1) the Texas Department of Transportation;
39	39	(2) the Texas Department of Insurance;
40	40	(3) the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation;
41	41	(4) the Texas Racing Commission; and
42	42	(5) the Office of Public Insurance Counsel.
43	43	(b) Section 201.204, Transportation Code, is amended to
44	44	read as follows:
45	45	Sec. 201.204. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Department of
46	46	Transportation is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
47	47	Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that
48	48	chapter, the department is abolished September 1, 2011 [2009].
49	49	(c) Section 31.004(a), Insurance Code, is amended to read as
50	50	follows:
51	51	(a) The Texas Department of Insurance is subject to Chapter
52	52	325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in
53	53	existence as provided by that chapter, the department is abolished
54	54	September 1, 2011 [2009].
55	55	(d) Section 2306.5521, Government Code, is amended to read
56	56	as follows:
57	57	Sec. 2306.5521. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas State
58	58	Affordable Housing Corporation is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas
59	59	Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that
60	60	chapter, the corporation is abolished and this subchapter expires
61	61	September 1, 2011 [2009].
62	62	(e) Section 18.01(a), Texas Racing Act (Article 179e,
63	63	Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
64	64	(a) The Texas Racing Commission is subject to Chapter 325,
65	65	Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
66	66	as provided by that chapter, and except as provided by Subsections
67	67	(b) and (c) of this section, the commission is abolished and this
68	68	Act expires September 1, 2011 [2009].
69	69	(f) Section 501.003, Insurance Code, is amended to read as
70	70	follows:
71	71	Sec. 501.003. SUNSET PROVISION. The office is subject to
72	72	Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued
73	73	in existence as provided by that chapter, the office is abolished
74	74	September 1, 2011 [2009].
75	75	(g) The governor with the prior approval of the Legislative
76	76	Budget Board may direct that an agency receiving funds appropriated
77	77	by Article XII, Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
78	78	Session, 2009 (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act article
79	79	of the General Appropriations Act), shall transfer those funds in
80	80	an amount prescribed by the governor and allowed under federal law
81	81	to an agency listed under Subsection (a) of this section to
82	82	implement an initiative related to public safety, public integrity,
83	83	consumer protection, or fiscal soundness that the agency may
84	84	implement and for which under federal law the federal stimulus
85	85	funds may be used.