Texas 2011 - 82nd Regular

Texas House Bill HB1577 Latest Draft

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                            82R4561 NAJ-D
 By: Anchia H.B. No. 1577


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 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 as if the authority were
 scheduled to be abolished September 1, 2013.
 (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, 2011.