By: Nichols S.R. No. 1089
SENATE RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, 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
House Bill 1675 (the sunset review process and certain
governmental entities subject to that process) to consider and
take action on the following matter:
(1) 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 to SECTION
1.03 of the bill:
(c) If a conflict exists between this Act and another Act
of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, that amends
Section 2152.002, Government Code, to extend the sunset date of
the Texas Facilities Commission, this Act controls without
regard to the relative dates of enactment.
Explanation: This addition is necessary to ensure that
the sunset review date for the Texas Facilities Commission in the
bill controls over any other bill amending that date.
(2) 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 2.02. EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS.
Subchapter A, Chapter 815, Government Code, is amended by adding
Section 815.005 to read as follows:
Sec. 815.005. SUNSET PROVISION. The board of trustees of
the Employees Retirement System of Texas is subject to review
under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act), but is not abolished under
that chapter. The board shall be reviewed during the period in
which state agencies abolished in 2017, and every 12th year after
that year, are reviewed.
SECTION 2.04. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY
AFFAIRS. (a) Section 2306.022, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2306.022. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Texas
Department of Housing and Community Affairs is subject to Chapter
325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as
provided by that chapter, the department is abolished and this
chapter expires September 1, 2017 [2013].
(b) The Sunset Advisory Commission shall limit its review
of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs in
preparation for the work of the 85th Legislature in Regular
Session to the appropriateness of recommendations made by the
commission to the 83rd Legislature. In the commission's report
to the 85th Legislature, the commission may include any
recommendations it considers appropriate. This subsection
expires September 1, 2017.
(c) This section takes effect only if the 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, does not enact other
legislation that becomes law and that amends Section 2306.022,
Government Code, to extend the sunset date of the Texas
Department of Housing and Community Affairs. If the 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, enacts legislation of that
kind, this section has no effect.
SECTION 2.05. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS. Section
81.01001, Natural Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 81.01001. SUNSET PROVISION. (a) 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, 2017
[2013].
(a-1) The review of the Railroad Commission of Texas by
the Sunset Advisory Commission in preparation for the work of the
85th Legislature in Regular Session is not limited to the
appropriateness of recommendations made by the Sunset Advisory
Commission to the 83rd Legislature. In the Sunset Advisory
Commission's report to the 85th Legislature, the Sunset Advisory
Commission may include any recommendations it considers
appropriate. The review must include an examination of
alternative organizational structures for the Railroad
Commission of Texas and alternative methods for performing the
commission's responsibilities that would enable the efficient
and effective accomplishment of the commission's functions. The
examination must include an assessment of existing state
agencies that would be able to perform the commission's
functions. The review must also include an examination of
methods to increase the public's role in decisions of the
Railroad Commission of Texas that relate to the effect of the
growth of resource extraction. The Sunset Advisory Commission
may contract for assistance in performing the review, including
assistance in evaluating, auditing, and forensic auditing, as
the Sunset Advisory Commission determines necessary. This
subsection expires September 1, 2017.
(b) The Railroad Commission of Texas shall pay the costs
incurred by the Sunset Advisory Commission in performing a review
of the commission under this section. The Sunset Advisory
Commission shall determine the costs, and the commission shall
pay the amount of those costs promptly on receipt of a statement
from the Sunset Advisory Commission detailing the costs.
ARTICLE 5. ENTITIES GIVEN 2025 SUNSET DATE
SECTION 5.01. STATE EMPLOYEE CHARITABLE CAMPAIGN POLICY
COMMITTEE. (a) Section 659.140(i), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(i) The state employee charitable campaign policy
committee is subject to the Texas Sunset Act. Unless continued
in existence as provided by that chapter, the committee is
abolished and [Government Code Chapter 659,] Subchapter I[,] and
Sections 814.0095 and 814.0096 expire on September 1, 2025
[2013].
(b) This section takes effect only if the 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, does not enact other
legislation that becomes law and that amends Section 659.140(i),
Government Code, to extend the sunset date of the state employee
charitable campaign policy committee. If the 83rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 2013, enacts legislation of that kind, this
section has no effect.
Explanation: This addition is necessary to change the
sunset review date for various state agencies, to subject the
board of trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas to
sunset review, and to address the scope of the review of state
agencies that were reviewed by the Sunset Advisory Commission in
preparation for the work of the 83rd Legislature in Regular
Session.
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on May 26, 2013, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate