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1	1	H.B. No. 1550
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the continuation and functions of the Office of
6	6	State-Federal Relations.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 751.003, Government Code, is amended to
9	9	read as follows:
10	10	Sec. 751.003. SUNSET PROVISION. The Office of
11	11	State-Federal Relations is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset
12	12	Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
13	13	the office is abolished [and this chapter expires] September 1,
14	14	2035 [2023].
15	15	SECTION 2. Section 751.005, Government Code, is amended by
16	16	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
17	17	follows:
18	18	(b) The office shall:
19	19	(1) help coordinate state and federal programs dealing
20	20	with the same subject;
21	21	(2) inform the governor and the legislature of federal
22	22	programs that may be carried out in the state or that affect state
23	23	programs;
24	24	(3) provide federal agencies and the United States
25	25	Congress with information about state policy and state conditions
26	26	on matters that concern the federal government;
27	27	(4) provide the legislature with information useful in
28	28	measuring the effect of federal actions on the state and local
29	29	programs;
30	30	(5) prepare and supply to the governor and all members
31	31	of the legislature an annual report that:
32	32	(A) describes the office's operations;
33	33	(B) contains the office's priorities and
34	34	strategies for the following year;
35	35	(C) details projects and legislation pursued by
36	36	the office; and
37	37	(D) discusses issues in the following
38	38	congressional session of interest to this state; [and
39	39	[(E) contains an analysis of federal funds
40	40	availability and formulae;]
41	41	(6) notify the governor, the lieutenant governor, the
42	42	speaker of the house of representatives, and the legislative
43	43	standing committees in each house with primary jurisdiction over
44	44	intergovernmental affairs of federal activities relevant to the
45	45	state and inform the Texas congressional delegation of state
46	46	activities;
47	47	(7) conduct frequent conference calls with the
48	48	lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives
49	49	or their designees regarding state-federal relations and programs;
50	50	(8) respond to requests for information from the
51	51	legislature, the United States Congress, and federal agencies;
52	52	(9) coordinate with the Legislative Budget Board
53	53	regarding the effects of federal funding on the state budget; and
54	54	(10) report to, and on request send appropriate
55	55	representatives to appear before, the legislative standing
56	56	committees in each house with primary jurisdiction over
57	57	intergovernmental affairs.
58	58	(f) The office shall post the report required under
59	59	Subsection (b)(5) to the office's publicly accessible Internet
60	60	website.
61	61	SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Government Code
62	62	are repealed:
63	63	(1) the heading to Subchapter A, Chapter 751; and
64	64	(2) Subchapter B, Chapter 751.
65	65	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
66	66	______________________________ ______________________________
67	67	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
68	68	I certify that H.B. No. 1550 was passed by the House on April
69	69	14, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not
70	70	voting.
71	71	______________________________
72	72	Chief Clerk of the House
73	73	I certify that H.B. No. 1550 was passed by the Senate on May
74	74	15, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
75	75	______________________________
76	76	Secretary of the Senate
77	77	APPROVED: _____________________
78	78	Date
79	79	_____________________
80	80	Governor