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1		-	85R15986 AAF-D
2		-	By: Birdwell S.B. No. 526
3		-	(Capriglione, Shaheen)
4		-	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 526: No.
	1	+	S.B. No. 526
5	2
6	3
7		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	4		AN ACT
9	5		relating to the abolishment of certain advisory committees and
10	6		other state entities.
11	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	8		SECTION 1. RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE FRAUD TASK FORCE. (a) The
13	9		residential mortgage fraud task force is abolished.
14	10		(b) Section 402.033, Government Code, is amended by
15	11		amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
16	12		follows:
17	13		(b) If a person determines or reasonably suspects that
18	14		fraudulent activity has been committed or is about to be committed,
19	15		the person shall report the information to an authorized
20	16		governmental agency. If a person reports the information to the
21	17		attorney general, the attorney general shall notify an appropriate
22	18		law enforcement agency with jurisdiction to investigate the
23	19		fraudulent activity [each agency with representation on the
24	20		residential mortgage fraud task force under Section 402.032]. If a
25	21		financial institution or person voluntarily or pursuant to this
26	22		section reports fraudulent activity to an authorized governmental
27	23		agency, the financial institution or person may not notify any
28	24		person involved in the fraudulent activity that the fraudulent
29	25		activity has been reported, and the authorized governmental agency
30	26		who has any knowledge that such report was made shall not disclose
31	27		to any person involved in the fraudulent activity that the
32		-	fraudulent activity has been reported. Any financial institution or
33		-	person that makes a voluntary report of any possible violation of
	28	+	fraudulent activity has been reported. Any financial institution
	29	+	or person that makes a voluntary report of any possible violation of
34	30		law or regulation to an authorized governmental agency shall not be
35	31		liable to any person under any law or regulation of the state or the
36	32		United States for such report.
37	33		(d) An authorized governmental agency may share
38	34		confidential information or information to which access is
39	35		otherwise restricted by law with one or more other authorized
40	36		governmental agencies. Except as provided by this subsection,
41	37		confidential information that is shared under this subsection
42	38		remains confidential and legal restrictions on access to the
43	39		information apply.
44	40		(c) Section 402.032, Government Code, is repealed.
45	41		SECTION 2. ADVISORY OVERSIGHT COMMUNITY OUTREACH
46	42		COMMITTEE. (a) The Advisory Oversight Community Outreach
47	43		Committee is abolished.
48	44		(b) Section 411.0197, Government Code, is repealed.
49	45		SECTION 3. RAIN HARVESTING AND WATER RECYCLING TASK FORCE.
50	46		(a) The task force under Section 2113.301(h), Government Code, as
51	47		repealed by this section, is abolished.
52	48		(b) Section 2113.301(h), Government Code, is repealed.
53	49		SECTION 4. STATE COGENERATION COUNCIL. (a) The State
54	50		Cogeneration Council is abolished. All rules adopted by the State
55	51		Cogeneration Council are abolished.
56	52		(b) Section 2302.024, Government Code, is amended to read as
57	53		follows:
58	54		Sec. 2302.024. AUTHORITY TO SELL POWER. A [(a) After the
59	55		council has approved the application to construct or operate a
60	56		cogeneration facility, a] cogenerating state agency may contract in
61	57		the same manner as a qualifying facility for the sale to an electric
62	58		utility of firm or nonfirm power produced by the state agency
63	59		cogeneration facility that exceeds the agency's power
64	60		requirements.
65	61		[(b) A cogenerating state agency may consult with the
66	62		council about the price or other terms of a contract entered under
67	63		this section.]
68	64		(c) The following provisions of the Government Code are
69	65		repealed:
70	66		(1) Section 2302.001(3);
71	67		(2) Sections 2302.002, 2302.003, 2302.004, 2302.005,
72	68		2302.006, and 2302.007;
73	69		(3) Section 2302.021(a); and
74	70		(4) Section 2302.022.
75		-	SECTION 5. INFORMATION RESOURCES STEERING COMMITTEE. ~~(a)~~
76		-	The information resources steering committee is abolished.
	71	+	SECTION 5. INFORMATION RESOURCES STEERING COMMITTEE.
	72	+	(a) The information resources steering committee is abolished.
77	73		(b) Section 231.013, Family Code, is repealed.
78	74		SECTION 6. PREMARITAL EDUCATION HANDBOOK ADVISORY
79	75		COMMITTEE. (a) The advisory committee under Section 2.014(d),
80	76		Family Code, as repealed by this section, is abolished.
81	77		(b) Section 2.014(d), Family Code, is repealed.
82	78		SECTION 7. INDEPENDENT REVIEW ORGANIZATION ADVISORY GROUP.
83	79		(a) The advisory group under Section 4202.011, Insurance Code, as
84	80		repealed by this section, is abolished.
85	81		(b) Section 4202.011, Insurance Code, is repealed.
86	82		SECTION 8. VEHICLE PROTECTION PRODUCT WARRANTOR ADVISORY
87	83		BOARD. (a) The Vehicle Protection Product Warrantor Advisory
88	84		Board is abolished.
89	85		(b) Subchapter C, Chapter 2306, Occupations Code, is
90	86		repealed.
91	87		SECTION 9. ALTERNATIVE FUELS COUNCIL. (a) The Alternative
92	88		Fuels Council is abolished.
93	89		(b) On the effective date of this Act, a rule, form, policy,
94	90		procedure, or decision of the Alternative Fuels Council continues
95	91		in effect as a rule, form, policy, procedure, or decision of the
96	92		comptroller of public accounts until superseded or repealed by an
97	93		act of the comptroller.
98	94		(c) A vehicle or other property to which Section 113.290,
99	95		Natural Resources Code, as repealed by this section, applied may be
100	96		transferred to another person.
101	97		(d) Section 1232.106, Government Code, is amended to read as
102	98		follows:
103	99		Sec. 1232.106. EVALUATION OF APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE
104	100		WITH ALTERNATIVE FUEL PROJECTS. (a) The comptroller [Alternative
105	101		Fuels Council] shall evaluate an application by an eligible entity
106	102		for the financing under Section 1232.104 of the acquisition,
107	103		construction, or improvement of alternative fuels infrastructure
108	104		and shall determine whether the proposed project will increase
109	105		energy or cost savings to the applicant.
110	106		(b) The authority may not issue an obligation under Section
111	107		1232.104 unless the comptroller [Alternative Fuels Council]
112	108		certifies that the proposed project will increase energy or cost
113	109		savings to the applicant.
114	110		(c) The comptroller [Alternative Fuels Council] by rule may
115	111		adopt procedures and standards for the evaluation of an application
116	112		for the financing of a proposed project under Section 1232.104.
117	113		(e) Subchapter J, Chapter 113, Natural Resources Code, is
118	114		repealed.
119	115		SECTION 10. QUALIFIED AGRICULTURAL LAND AND QUALIFIED
120	116		TIMBER LAND PROPERTY TAX VALUATION MANUALS APPROVAL COMMITTEES.
121	117		(a) The committees under Sections 23.52(d) and 23.73(b), Tax Code,
122	118		before amendment by this section, are abolished.
123	119		(b) Section 23.52(d), Tax Code, is amended to read as
124	120		follows:
125	121		(d) The comptroller by rule shall develop and distribute to
126	122		each appraisal office appraisal manuals setting forth this method
127	123		of appraising qualified open-space land, and each appraisal office
128	124		shall use the appraisal manuals in appraising qualified open-space
129	125		land. The comptroller by rule shall develop and the appraisal
130	126		office shall enforce procedures to verify that land meets the
131	127		conditions contained in Subdivision (1) of Section 23.51 [of this
132	128		code]. The rules, before taking effect, must be approved by the
133	129		comptroller with the review and counsel of the Department of
134	130		Agriculture [a majority vote of a committee comprised of the
135	131		following officials or their designees: the governor, the
136	132		comptroller, the attorney general, the agriculture commissioner,
137	133		and the Commissioner of the General Land Office].
138	134		(c) Section 23.73(b), Tax Code, is amended to read as
139	135		follows:
140	136		(b) The comptroller by rule shall develop and distribute to
141	137		each appraisal office appraisal manuals setting forth this method
142	138		of appraising qualified timber land, and each appraisal office
143	139		shall use the appraisal manuals in appraising qualified timber
144	140		land. The comptroller by rule shall develop and the appraisal
145	141		office shall enforce procedures to verify that land meets the
146	142		conditions contained in Section 23.72 [of this code]. The rules,
147	143		before taking effect, must be approved by the comptroller with the
148	144		review and counsel of the Texas A&M Forest Service [majority vote of
149	145		a committee comprised of the following officials or their
150	146		designees: the governor, the comptroller, the attorney general, the
151	147		agriculture commissioner, and the Commissioner of the General Land
152	148		Office].
153		-	SECTION 11. COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. ~~(a)~~
154		-	The Communities in Schools advisory committee is abolished.
	149	+	SECTION 11. COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
	150	+	(a) The Communities in Schools advisory committee is abolished.
155	151		(b) Section 16, Chapter 1156 (H.B. 2879), Acts of the 77th
156	152		Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is repealed.
157	153		SECTION 12. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
158	154		September 1, 2017.
	155	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	156	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	157	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 526 passed the Senate on
	158	+	April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
	159	+	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2017, by the
	160	+	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	161	+	______________________________
	162	+	Secretary of the Senate
	163	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 526 passed the House, with
	164	+	amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146,
	165	+	Nays 0, two present not voting.
	166	+	______________________________
	167	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	168	+	Approved:
	169	+	______________________________
	170	+	Date
	171	+	______________________________
	172	+	Governor