Texas 2017 - 85th 1st C.S.

Texas Senate Bill SB111 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 07/31/2017

                            85S11413 AAF-D
 By: Hughes S.B. No. 111


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the sunset review of the Red River Authority of Texas.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 1A(a), Chapter 279, Acts of the 56th
 Legislature, Regular Session, 1959, is amended to read as follows:
 (a)  The Authority 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 under Section 325.025,
 Government Code, as if the Authority were a state agency scheduled
 to be abolished September 1, 2021 [2019], and every 12th year after
 that year.
 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
 legislative session.