85R3429 GRM-D
By: Bell H.B. No. 1190
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the sunset review of the Texas Underground Facility
Notification Corporation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 251, Utilities Code, is
amended by adding Section 251.063 to read as follows:
Sec. 251.063. APPLICABILITY OF SUNSET ACT. (a) The
corporation is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code
(Texas Sunset Act), but may not be abolished under that chapter.
The review shall be conducted as if the corporation were a state
agency scheduled to be abolished September 1, 2019.
(b) The corporation shall pay the cost incurred by the
Sunset Advisory Commission in performing the review. The Sunset
Advisory Commission shall determine the cost, and the corporation
shall pay the amount promptly on receipt of a statement from the
Sunset Advisory Commission detailing the cost.
(c) The limited review under this section must assess the
corporation's:
(1) governance;
(2) management;
(3) operating structure; and
(4) compliance with legislative requirements.
(d) The corporation reviewed by the Sunset Advisory
Commission under this section may not be required to conduct a
management audit under 30 T.A.C. Chapter 292.
(e) This section expires September 1, 2019.
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, 2017.