| 1 | 1 | | 84R6065 MCK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Elkins H.B. No. 1999 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the recommendations made by the Sunset Advisory |
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| 8 | 8 | | Commission regarding state agencies reviewed under the Texas Sunset |
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| 9 | 9 | | Act. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 325.012, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a-1) In its report on a state agency under Subsection (a), |
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| 14 | 14 | | the commission may only make recommendations that relate to |
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| 15 | 15 | | procedural changes in the day-to-day operation or function of the |
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| 16 | 16 | | state agency, including recommendations related to internal |
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| 17 | 17 | | business operating procedures of the agency and administrative |
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| 18 | 18 | | functions that do not require or are not affected by the unique |
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| 19 | 19 | | subject matter responsibilities of the agency, such as changes to |
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| 20 | 20 | | the general employment policy, the career ladder program, equal |
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| 21 | 21 | | opportunity policies, public interest information and public |
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| 22 | 22 | | participation policies, and the procedural method for issuing a |
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| 23 | 23 | | license or resolving a complaint. The commission may not make |
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| 24 | 24 | | recommendations that relate to substantive changes in the operation |
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| 25 | 25 | | or function of the agency, including recommendations related to: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) the expansion or contraction of the subject matter |
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| 27 | 27 | | responsibilities of the agency; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) a restriction on the deliberative process of a |
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| 29 | 29 | | state agency's governing board; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) a change to the qualifications for a license or the |
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| 31 | 31 | | activities for which a license issued by the agency is required; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (4) a change to the rulemaking authority of the agency |
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| 33 | 33 | | as it relates to the agency's enforcement of its subject matter; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (5) a change to the scope of practice of the holder of |
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| 35 | 35 | | a license issued by the agency; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (6) agency penalty and enforcement provisions. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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