Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1	85R13785 CJC-D
2	2	By: Anchia H.B. No. 4252
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the abolition of the Office of State-Federal Relations.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 37.012(c), Education Code, is amended to
10	10	read as follows:
11	11	(c) The office of the governor [Office of State-Federal
12	12	Relations] shall assist a local juvenile probation department in
13	13	identifying additional state or federal funds to assist local
14	14	juvenile probation departments conducting educational or job
15	15	training programs within juvenile justice alternative education
16	16	programs.
17	17	SECTION 2. Section 421.021(a), Government Code, as amended
18	18	by Chapters 93 (S.B. 686), 616 (S.B. 1393), and 1217 (S.B. 1536),
19	19	Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted
20	20	and amended to read as follows:
21	21	(a) The Homeland Security Council is composed of the
22	22	governor or the governor's designee, the speaker of the house of
23	23	representatives or the speaker's designee, the lieutenant governor
24	24	or the lieutenant governor's designee, and one representative of
25	25	each of the following entities, appointed by the single statewide
26	26	elected or appointed governing officer, administrative head, or
27	27	chair, as appropriate, of the entity:
28	28	(1) Department of Agriculture;
29	29	(2) office of the attorney general;
30	30	(3) General Land Office;
31	31	(4) Public Utility Commission of Texas;
32	32	(5) Department of State Health Services;
33	33	(6) Department of Information Resources;
34	34	(7) Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas;
35	35	(8) Texas Division of Emergency Management;
36	36	(9) Texas Military Department;
37	37	(10) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
38	38	(11) Railroad Commission of Texas;
39	39	(12) Texas Military Preparedness Commission;
40	40	(13) Texas Department of Transportation;
41	41	(14) Commission on State Emergency Communications;
42	42	(15) [Office of State-Federal Relations;
43	43	[(16)] secretary of state;
44	44	(16) [(17)] Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs and
45	45	Military Installations [Senate Committee on Agriculture, Rural
46	46	Affairs and Homeland Security];
47	47	(17) [(18)] the committee of the senate having
48	48	jurisdiction over homeland security [Senate Committee on
49	49	Agriculture, Rural Affairs and Homeland Security];
50	50	(18) [(19)] the committee of the house of
51	51	representatives having jurisdiction over homeland security;
52	52	(19) [(20) House Committee on Homeland Security and
53	53	Public Safety;
54	54	[(21)] Texas Animal Health Commission;
55	55	(20) [(22)] Texas Commission on Law Enforcement;
56	56	(21) [(23)] state fire marshal's office;
57	57	(22) [(24)] Texas Education Agency;
58	58	(23) [(25)] Texas Commission on Fire Protection;
59	59	(24) [(26)] Parks and Wildlife Department;
60	60	(25) [(27)] Texas A&M Forest Service; and
61	61	(26) [(28)] Texas Water Development Board.
62	62	SECTION 3. Section 493.013(b), Government Code, is amended
63	63	to read as follows:
64	64	(b) The board shall require the committee to:
65	65	(1) maximize federal grant and entitlement funding
66	66	available to the state;
67	67	(2) submit biennially to the board a detailed report
68	68	that includes information on all federal grants and entitlements
69	69	identified and applied for by the committee and the results of the
70	70	applications; and
71	71	(3) work in conjunction with the governor's office and
72	72	the Health and [Office of State-Federal Relations and the Texas
73	73	Department of] Human Services Commission to investigate the
74	74	applicability of:
75	75	(A) the national school lunch program to inmates
76	76	who are pursuing a primary or secondary education while confined in
77	77	the institutional division; and
78	78	(B) the food stamp program administered under
79	79	Chapter 33, Human Resources Code, to inmates who are confined and
80	80	treated in substance abuse felony punishment facilities.
81	81	SECTION 4. Section 535.051(b), Government Code, is amended
82	82	to read as follows:
83	83	(b) The chief administrative officer of each of the
84	84	following state agencies, in consultation with the governor, shall
85	85	designate one employee from the agency to serve as a liaison for
86	86	faith- and community-based organizations:
87	87	(1) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
88	88	(2) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
89	89	(3) the Texas Department of Housing and Community
90	90	Affairs;
91	91	(4) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
92	92	(5) the Texas Veterans Commission;
93	93	(6) the Texas Workforce Commission;
94	94	(7) the office of the governor;
95	95	(8) the Department of Public Safety;
96	96	(9) the Texas Department of Insurance;
97	97	(10) the Public Utility Commission of Texas;
98	98	(11) the office of the attorney general;
99	99	(12) the Department of Agriculture;
100	100	(13) the office of the comptroller;
101	101	(14) the Department of Information Resources;
102	102	(15) [the Office of State-Federal Relations;
103	103	[(16)] the office of the secretary of state; and
104	104	(16) [(17)] other state agencies as determined by the
105	105	governor.
106	106	SECTION 5. Section 772.0101(a), Government Code, is amended
107	107	to read as follows:
108	108	(a) The border commerce coordinator shall establish and
109	109	appoint the members of the Border Inspection, Trade, and
110	110	Transportation Advisory Committee. The members must include
111	111	representatives of the Texas Department of Transportation, the
112	112	Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, [the Office of
113	113	State-Federal Relations,] the United States Department of
114	114	Transportation, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
115	115	and other representatives of state and federal agencies involved in
116	116	border crossing issues. Chapter 2110 does not apply to the size,
117	117	composition, or duration of the Border Inspection, Trade, and
118	118	Transportation Advisory Committee.
119	119	SECTION 6. Section 772.011(b), Government Code, is amended
120	120	to read as follows:
121	121	(b) The work group is composed of the heads of the following
122	122	agencies or their designees:
123	123	(1) the Texas Department of Rural Affairs;
124	124	(2) the Texas Department of Housing and Community
125	125	Affairs;
126	126	(3) the Texas Water Development Board;
127	127	(4) the Texas Department of Transportation;
128	128	(5) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
129	129	(6) the Texas Workforce Commission;
130	130	(7) the Department of State Health Services;
131	131	(8) the Health and Human Services Commission;
132	132	(9) the General Land Office;
133	133	(10) the Texas Economic Development and Tourism
134	134	Office;
135	135	(11) [the Office of State-Federal Relations;
136	136	[(12)] the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;
137	137	(12) [(13)] the attorney general's office;
138	138	(13) [(14)] the secretary of state's office;
139	139	(14) [(15)] the Department of Public Safety; and
140	140	(15) [(16)] the Railroad Commission of Texas.
141	141	SECTION 7. Section 775.002(d), Government Code, is amended
142	142	to read as follows:
143	143	(d) The following agencies shall designate an officer or
144	144	employee of the agency to serve as the agency's liaison for colonia
145	145	initiatives:
146	146	(1) the office of the attorney general;
147	147	(2) the Department of State Health Services;
148	148	(3) the Texas Department of Housing and Community
149	149	Affairs;
150	150	(4) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
151	151	(5) the Texas Water Development Board;
152	152	(6) the Texas Department of Rural Affairs;
153	153	(7) [the Office of State-Federal Relations;
154	154	[(8)] the Texas Department of Insurance; and
155	155	(8) [(9)] the Texas Department of Transportation.
156	156	SECTION 8. Section 361.423(b), Health and Safety Code, is
157	157	amended to read as follows:
158	158	(b) The commission and the comptroller, on an ongoing basis,
159	159	shall jointly:
160	160	(1) identify existing economic and regulatory
161	161	incentives and disincentives for creating an optimal market
162	162	development strategy;
163	163	(2) analyze or take into consideration the market
164	164	development implications of:
165	165	(A) the state's waste management policies and
166	166	regulations;
167	167	(B) existing and potential markets for plastic,
168	168	glass, paper, lead-acid batteries, tires, compost, scrap gypsum,
169	169	coal combustion by-products, and other recyclable materials; and
170	170	(C) the state's tax structure and overall
171	171	economic base;
172	172	(3) examine and make policy recommendations regarding
173	173	the need for changes in or the development of:
174	174	(A) economic policies that affect
175	175	transportation, such as those embodied in freight rate schedules;
176	176	(B) tax incentives and disincentives;
177	177	(C) the availability of financial capital
178	178	including grants, loans, and venture capital;
179	179	(D) enterprise zones;
180	180	(E) managerial and technical assistance;
181	181	(F) job-training programs;
182	182	(G) strategies for matching market supply and
183	183	market demand for recyclable materials, including intrastate and
184	184	interstate coordination;
185	185	(H) the state recycling goal;
186	186	(I) public-private partnerships;
187	187	(J) research and development;
188	188	(K) government procurement policies;
189	189	(L) educational programs for the public,
190	190	corporate and regulated communities, and government entities; and
191	191	(M) public health and safety regulatory
192	192	policies;
193	193	(4) establish a comprehensive statewide strategy to
194	194	expand markets for recycled products in Texas;
195	195	(5) provide information and technical assistance to
196	196	small and disadvantaged businesses, business development centers,
197	197	chambers of commerce, educational institutions, and nonprofit
198	198	associations on market opportunities in the area of recycling; and
199	199	(6) with the cooperation of the office of the governor
200	200	[Office of State-Federal Relations], assist communities and
201	201	private entities in identifying state and federal grants pertaining
202	202	to recycling and solid waste management.
203	203	SECTION 9. Section 132.001(d), Human Resources Code, is
204	204	amended to read as follows:
205	205	(d) The governor shall submit the agenda to the Texas
206	206	congressional delegation [and to the Office of State-Federal
207	207	Relations] and shall annually amend the agenda and rank agenda
208	208	items. The agenda must identify issues of federal law, rules and
209	209	regulations, or programs of common concern to different state
210	210	agencies and programs.
211	211	SECTION 10. Section 344.152(c), Local Government Code, is
212	212	amended to read as follows:
213	213	(c) The board may seek the assistance of the office of the
214	214	governor [Office of State-Federal Relations] in identifying and
215	215	applying for federal grants for fire control, prevention, and
216	216	emergency medical services programs.
217	217	SECTION 11. Section 363.152(c), Local Government Code, is
218	218	amended to read as follows:
219	219	(c) The board may seek the assistance of the office of the
220	220	governor [Office of State-Federal Relations] in identifying and
221	221	applying for federal grants for criminal justice programs. The
222	222	board shall notify the appropriate council of government of any
223	223	intent to submit applications for federal funds and for inclusion
224	224	in the regional criminal justice planning process.
225	225	SECTION 12. Section 201.053(b), Transportation Code, is
226	226	amended to read as follows:
227	227	(b) The chair shall:
228	228	(1) preside over commission meetings, make rulings on
229	229	motions and points of order, and determine the order of business;
230	230	(2) represent the department in dealing with the
231	231	governor;
232	232	(3) report to the commission the governor's
233	233	suggestions for department operations;
234	234	(4) designate one or more employees of the department
235	235	as a civil rights division of the department and receive regular
236	236	reports from the division on the department's efforts to comply
237	237	with civil rights legislation and administrative rules;
238	238	(5) create subcommittees, appoint commissioners to
239	239	subcommittees, and receive the reports of subcommittees to the
240	240	commission as a whole;
241	241	(6) appoint a commissioner to act in the chair's
242	242	absence; and
243	243	(7) serve as the departmental liaison with the
244	244	governor [and the Office of State-Federal Relations] to maximize
245	245	federal funding for transportation.
246	246	SECTION 13. Section 1001.023(b), Transportation Code, is
247	247	amended to read as follows:
248	248	(b) The chair shall:
249	249	(1) preside over board meetings, make rulings on
250	250	motions and points of order, and determine the order of business;
251	251	(2) represent the department in dealing with the
252	252	governor;
253	253	(3) report to the governor on the state of affairs of
254	254	the department at least quarterly;
255	255	(4) report to the board the governor's suggestions for
256	256	department operations;
257	257	(5) report to the governor on efforts, including
258	258	legislative requirements, to maximize the efficiency of department
259	259	operations through the use of private enterprise;
260	260	(6) periodically review the department's
261	261	organizational structure and submit recommendations for structural
262	262	changes to the governor, the board, and the Legislative Budget
263	263	Board;
264	264	(7) designate at least one employee of the department
265	265	as a civil rights officer of the department and receive regular
266	266	reports from the officer or officers on the department's efforts to
267	267	comply with civil rights legislation and administrative rules;
268	268	(8) create subcommittees, appoint board members to
269	269	subcommittees, and receive the reports of subcommittees to the
270	270	board as a whole;
271	271	(9) appoint a member of the board to act in the absence
272	272	of the chair and vice chair; and
273	273	(10) serve as the departmental liaison with the
274	274	governor [and the Office of State-Federal Relations] to maximize
275	275	federal funding for transportation.
276	276	SECTION 14. Chapter 751, Government Code, is repealed.
277	277	SECTION 15. On January 1, 2018:
278	278	(1) the Office of State-Federal Relations is
279	279	abolished;
280	280	(2) all obligations, rights, contracts, records, real
281	281	and personal property, funds, appropriations, and money of the
282	282	Office of State-Federal Relations are transferred to the office of
283	283	the governor;
284	284	(3) the executive director of the Office of
285	285	State-Federal Relations becomes an employee of the office of the
286	286	governor;
287	287	(4) an employee of the Office of State-Federal
288	288	Relations becomes an employee of the office of the governor; and
289	289	(5) a reference in other law to the Office of
290	290	State-Federal Relations means the office of the governor.
291	291	SECTION 16. This Act takes effect January 1, 2018.