88R8852 LRM-D
By: Goldman H.B. No. 1550
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the continuation and functions of the Office of
State-Federal Relations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 751.003, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 751.003. SUNSET PROVISION. The Office of
State-Federal Relations is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset
Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
the office is abolished [and this chapter expires] September 1,
2035 [2023].
SECTION 2. Section 751.005, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
follows:
(b) The office shall:
(1) help coordinate state and federal programs dealing
with the same subject;
(2) inform the governor and the legislature of federal
programs that may be carried out in the state or that affect state
programs;
(3) provide federal agencies and the United States
Congress with information about state policy and state conditions
on matters that concern the federal government;
(4) provide the legislature with information useful in
measuring the effect of federal actions on the state and local
programs;
(5) prepare and supply to the governor and all members
of the legislature an annual report that:
(A) describes the office's operations;
(B) contains the office's priorities and
strategies for the following year;
(C) details projects and legislation pursued by
the office; and
(D) discusses issues in the following
congressional session of interest to this state; [and
[(E) contains an analysis of federal funds
availability and formulae;]
(6) notify the governor, the lieutenant governor, the
speaker of the house of representatives, and the legislative
standing committees in each house with primary jurisdiction over
intergovernmental affairs of federal activities relevant to the
state and inform the Texas congressional delegation of state
activities;
(7) conduct frequent conference calls with the
lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives
or their designees regarding state-federal relations and programs;
(8) respond to requests for information from the
legislature, the United States Congress, and federal agencies;
(9) coordinate with the Legislative Budget Board
regarding the effects of federal funding on the state budget; and
(10) report to, and on request send appropriate
representatives to appear before, the legislative standing
committees in each house with primary jurisdiction over
intergovernmental affairs.
(f) The office shall post the report required under
Subsection (b)(5) to the office's publicly accessible Internet
website.
SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Government Code
are repealed:
(1) the heading to Subchapter A, Chapter 751; and
(2) Subchapter B, Chapter 751.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.