| 1 | 1 | | 85R2053 AJZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Davis of Harris, Zerwas H.B. No. 84 |
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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 sunset review date for the Cancer Prevention and |
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| 8 | 8 | | Research Institute of Texas and the time for awarding cancer |
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| 9 | 9 | | research and prevention grants. |
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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 102.003, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 102.003. SUNSET PROVISION. The Cancer Prevention and |
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| 14 | 14 | | Research Institute of Texas is subject to Chapter 325, Government |
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| 15 | 15 | | Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided |
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| 16 | 16 | | by that chapter, the institute is abolished and this chapter |
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| 17 | 17 | | expires September 1, 2023 [2021]. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Section 102.254, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 19 | 19 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sec. 102.254. PERIOD FOR AWARDS. The oversight committee |
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| 21 | 21 | | may not award money under Subchapter E [before January 1, 2008, or] |
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| 22 | 22 | | after August 31, 2022 [2020]. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 24 | 24 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 25 | 25 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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