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