By: Raymond, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) H.B. No. 1679
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2015;
April 21, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 6, 2015, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 6, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the continuation of the Texas Council for Developmental
Disabilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 112.023, Human Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 112.023. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Council for
Developmental Disabilities is subject to Chapter 325, Government
Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
by that chapter, the council is abolished and this chapter expires
September 1, 2027 [2015].
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, 2015.
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