Texas 2011 82nd Regular

Texas House Bill HB326 Comm Sub / Bill

                    By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 326
 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 2011;
 May 16, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
 Government Organization; May 21, 2011, reported adversely, with
 favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
 Nays 0; May 21, 2011, sent to printer.)
 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 326 By:  Nelson


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the reporting requirements of a state agency that is
 undergoing review by the Sunset Advisory Commission.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by
 adding Section 325.0075 to read as follows:
 Sec. 325.0075.  REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF AGENCY BEING
 REVIEWED. Before September 1 of the odd-numbered year before the
 year in which a state agency subject to this chapter is abolished,
 the agency shall submit to the commission, the governor, the
 lieutenant governor, and each member of the legislature a report
 that:
 (1)  lists each report that the agency is required by a
 statute to prepare; and
 (2)  evaluates the need for each report listed in
 Subdivision (1) based on whether factors or conditions have changed
 since the date the statutory requirement to prepare the report was
 enacted.
 SECTION 2.  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, 2011.
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