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1	1	85R15986 AAF-D
2	2	By: Shaheen, Guillen H.B. No. 1712
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1712:
4	4	By: Capriglione C.S.H.B. No. 1712
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the abolishment of certain advisory committees and
10	10	other state entities.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE FRAUD TASK FORCE. (a) The
13	13	residential mortgage fraud task force is abolished.
14	14	(b) Section 402.033, Government Code, is amended by
15	15	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
16	16	follows:
17	17	(b) If a person determines or reasonably suspects that
18	18	fraudulent activity has been committed or is about to be committed,
19	19	the person shall report the information to an authorized
20	20	governmental agency. If a person reports the information to the
21	21	attorney general, the attorney general shall notify an appropriate
22	22	law enforcement agency with jurisdiction to investigate the
23	23	fraudulent activity [each agency with representation on the
24	24	residential mortgage fraud task force under Section 402.032]. If a
25	25	financial institution or person voluntarily or pursuant to this
26	26	section reports fraudulent activity to an authorized governmental
27	27	agency, the financial institution or person may not notify any
28	28	person involved in the fraudulent activity that the fraudulent
29	29	activity has been reported, and the authorized governmental agency
30	30	who has any knowledge that such report was made shall not disclose
31	31	to any person involved in the fraudulent activity that the
32	32	fraudulent activity has been reported. Any financial institution or
33	33	person that makes a voluntary report of any possible violation of
34	34	law or regulation to an authorized governmental agency shall not be
35	35	liable to any person under any law or regulation of the state or the
36	36	United States for such report.
37	37	(d) An authorized governmental agency may share
38	38	confidential information or information to which access is
39	39	otherwise restricted by law with one or more other authorized
40	40	governmental agencies. Except as provided by this subsection,
41	41	confidential information that is shared under this subsection
42	42	remains confidential and legal restrictions on access to the
43	43	information apply.
44	44	(c) Section 402.032, Government Code, is repealed.
45	45	SECTION 2. ADVISORY OVERSIGHT COMMUNITY OUTREACH
46	46	COMMITTEE. (a) The Advisory Oversight Community Outreach
47	47	Committee is abolished.
48	48	(b) Section 411.0197, Government Code, is repealed.
49	49	SECTION 3. RAIN HARVESTING AND WATER RECYCLING TASK FORCE.
50	50	(a) The task force under Section 2113.301(h), Government Code, as
51	51	repealed by this section, is abolished.
52	52	(b) Section 2113.301(h), Government Code, is repealed.
53	53	SECTION 4. STATE COGENERATION COUNCIL. (a) The State
54	54	Cogeneration Council is abolished. All rules adopted by the State
55	55	Cogeneration Council are abolished.
56	56	(b) Section 2302.024, Government Code, is amended to read as
57	57	follows:
58	58	Sec. 2302.024. AUTHORITY TO SELL POWER. A [(a) After the
59	59	council has approved the application to construct or operate a
60	60	cogeneration facility, a] cogenerating state agency may contract in
61	61	the same manner as a qualifying facility for the sale to an electric
62	62	utility of firm or nonfirm power produced by the state agency
63	63	cogeneration facility that exceeds the agency's power
64	64	requirements.
65	65	[(b) A cogenerating state agency may consult with the
66	66	council about the price or other terms of a contract entered under
67	67	this section.]
68	68	(c) The following provisions of the Government Code are
69	69	repealed:
70	70	(1) Section 2302.001(3);
71	71	(2) Sections 2302.002, 2302.003, 2302.004, 2302.005,
72	72	2302.006, and 2302.007;
73	73	(3) Section 2302.021(a); and
74	74	(4) Section 2302.022.
75	75	SECTION 5. INFORMATION RESOURCES STEERING COMMITTEE. (a)
76	76	The information resources steering committee is abolished.
77	77	(b) Section 231.013, Family Code, is repealed.
78	78	SECTION 6. PREMARITAL EDUCATION HANDBOOK ADVISORY
79	79	COMMITTEE. (a) The advisory committee under Section 2.014(d),
80	80	Family Code, as repealed by this section, is abolished.
81	81	(b) Section 2.014(d), Family Code, is repealed.
82	82	SECTION 7. INDEPENDENT REVIEW ORGANIZATION ADVISORY GROUP.
83	83	(a) The advisory group under Section 4202.011, Insurance Code, as
84	84	repealed by this section, is abolished.
85	85	(b) Section 4202.011, Insurance Code, is repealed.
86	86	SECTION 8. VEHICLE PROTECTION PRODUCT WARRANTOR ADVISORY
87	87	BOARD. (a) The Vehicle Protection Product Warrantor Advisory
88	88	Board is abolished.
89	89	(b) Subchapter C, Chapter 2306, Occupations Code, is
90	90	repealed.
91	91	SECTION 9. ALTERNATIVE FUELS COUNCIL. (a) The Alternative
92	92	Fuels Council is abolished.
93	93	(b) On the effective date of this Act, a rule, form, policy,
94	94	procedure, or decision of the Alternative Fuels Council continues
95	95	in effect as a rule, form, policy, procedure, or decision of the
96	96	comptroller of public accounts until superseded or repealed by an
97	97	act of the comptroller.
98	98	(c) A vehicle or other property to which Section 113.290,
99	99	Natural Resources Code, as repealed by this section, applied may be
100	100	transferred to another person.
101	101	(d) Section 1232.106, Government Code, is amended to read as
102	102	follows:
103	103	Sec. 1232.106. EVALUATION OF APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE
104	104	WITH ALTERNATIVE FUEL PROJECTS. (a) The comptroller [Alternative
105	105	Fuels Council] shall evaluate an application by an eligible entity
106	106	for the financing under Section 1232.104 of the acquisition,
107	107	construction, or improvement of alternative fuels infrastructure
108	108	and shall determine whether the proposed project will increase
109	109	energy or cost savings to the applicant.
110	110	(b) The authority may not issue an obligation under Section
111	111	1232.104 unless the comptroller [Alternative Fuels Council]
112	112	certifies that the proposed project will increase energy or cost
113	113	savings to the applicant.
114	114	(c) The comptroller [Alternative Fuels Council] by rule may
115	115	adopt procedures and standards for the evaluation of an application
116	116	for the financing of a proposed project under Section 1232.104.
117	117	(e) Subchapter J, Chapter 113, Natural Resources Code, is
118	118	repealed.
119	119	SECTION 10. QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL LAND AND QUALIFIED
120	120	TIMBER LAND PROPERTY TAX VALUATION MANUALS APPROVAL COMMITTEES.
121	121	(a) The committees under Sections 23.52(d) and 23.73(b), Tax Code,
122	122	before amendment by this section, are abolished.
123	123	(b) Section 23.52(d), Tax Code, is amended to read as
124	124	follows:
125	125	(d) The comptroller by rule shall develop and distribute to
126	126	each appraisal office appraisal manuals setting forth this method
127	127	of appraising qualified open-space land, and each appraisal office
128	128	shall use the appraisal manuals in appraising qualified open-space
129	129	land. The comptroller by rule shall develop and the appraisal
130	130	office shall enforce procedures to verify that land meets the
131	131	conditions contained in Subdivision (1) of Section 23.51 [of this
132	132	code]. The rules, before taking effect, must be approved by the
133	133	comptroller with the review and counsel of the Department of
134	134	Agriculture [a majority vote of a committee comprised of the
135	135	following officials or their designees: the governor, the
136	136	comptroller, the attorney general, the agriculture commissioner,
137	137	and the Commissioner of the General Land Office].
138	138	(c) Section 23.73(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as
139	139	follows:
140	140	(b) The comptroller by rule shall develop and distribute to
141	141	each appraisal office appraisal manuals setting forth this method
142	142	of appraising qualified timber land, and each appraisal office
143	143	shall use the appraisal manuals in appraising qualified timber
144	144	land. The comptroller by rule shall develop and the appraisal
145	145	office shall enforce procedures to verify that land meets the
146	146	conditions contained in Section 23.72 [of this code]. The rules,
147	147	before taking effect, must be approved by the comptroller with the
148	148	review and counsel of the Texas A&M Forest Service [majority vote of
149	149	a committee comprised of the following officials or their
150	150	designees: the governor, the comptroller, the attorney general, the
151	151	agriculture commissioner, and the Commissioner of the General Land
152	152	Office].
153	153	SECTION 11. COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a)
154	154	The Communities in Schools advisory committee is abolished.
155	155	(b) Section 16, Chapter 1156 (H.B. 2879), Acts of the 77th
156	156	Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is repealed.
157	157	SECTION 12. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
158	158	September 1, 2017.