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1	1	H.B. No. 1620
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the review date for certain governmental entities
6	6	subject to the sunset review process and the regulation of horse
7	7	racing by the Texas Racing Commission.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 443.002, Government Code, is amended to
10	10	read as follows:
11	11	Sec. 443.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The State Preservation
12	12	Board is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless
13	13	continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the board is
14	14	abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2029 [2025].
15	15	SECTION 2. Section 444.002(a), Government Code, is amended
16	16	to read as follows:
17	17	(a) The Texas Commission on the Arts is subject to Chapter
18	18	325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
19	19	by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter
20	20	expires September 1, 2029 [2025].
21	21	SECTION 3. Section 467.002, Government Code, is amended to
22	22	read as follows:
23	23	Sec. 467.002. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The commission is
24	24	subject to review under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless
25	25	continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission
26	26	is abolished and this chapter, Chapter 466 of this code, and Chapter
27	27	2001, Occupations Code, expire September 1, 2025.
28	28	SECTION 4. Section 659.140(i), Government Code, is amended
29	29	to read as follows:
30	30	(i) The state employee charitable campaign policy committee
31	31	is subject to the Texas Sunset Act. Unless continued in existence
32	32	as provided by that chapter, the committee is abolished and this
33	33	subchapter [Government Code, Chapter 659, Subchapter I,] and
34	34	Sections 814.0095 and 814.0096 expire on September 1, 2029 [2025].
35	35	SECTION 5. Section 2021.008, Occupations Code, is amended
36	36	by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
37	37	follows:
38	38	(a) The commission is subject to Chapter 325, Government
39	39	Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
40	40	by that chapter, and except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c),
41	41	the commission is abolished and this subtitle expires September 1,
42	42	2029 [2027].
43	43	(a-1) As part of the review under Subsection (a), the Sunset
44	44	Advisory Commission shall review:
45	45	(1) the impact on the commission of authorizing the
46	46	executive director to apply for and receive grants to implement or
47	47	enforce this subtitle;
48	48	(2) the effect of increasing the amount of
49	49	unappropriated money remaining in the Texas Racing Commission fund
50	50	at the close of each state fiscal biennium that is transferred to
51	51	the general revenue fund;
52	52	(3) the effect of complying with Chapter 53 in the
53	53	administration of the commission's licensing program;
54	54	(4) the effect of requiring reimbursement of general
55	55	revenue appropriated to the commission for the administration and
56	56	enforcement of this subtitle that exceeds the cumulative amount
57	57	deposited in the Texas Racing Commission fund; and
58	58	(5) the commission's authority to issue a temporary
59	59	license to an applicant whose application appears to comply with
60	60	the requirements of law.
61	61	SECTION 6. Subchapter B, Chapter 2022, Occupations Code, is
62	62	amended by adding Section 2022.0515 to read as follows:
63	63	Sec. 2022.0515. GRANTS. The executive director may apply
64	64	for and receive any grant applicable to the implementation or
65	65	enforcement of this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subtitle.
66	66	SECTION 7. Section 2023.053(c), Occupations Code, is
67	67	amended to read as follows:
68	68	(c) Any unappropriated money exceeding $2 million
69	69	[$750,000] that remains in the fund at the close of each state
70	70	fiscal biennium shall be transferred to the general revenue fund
71	71	and may be appropriated for any purpose.
72	72	SECTION 8. Section 2025.001, Occupations Code, is amended
73	73	by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
74	74	(a-1) The commission shall comply with Chapter 53 in the
75	75	administration of the commission's licensing program.
76	76	SECTION 9. The following provisions of the Occupations Code
77	77	are repealed:
78	78	(1) Section 2023.053(e); and
79	79	(2) Section 2025.260.
80	80	SECTION 10. It is the intent of the legislature that the
81	81	Sunset Advisory Commission review the Texas Lottery Commission
82	82	during the period in which the Sunset Advisory Commission reviews
83	83	state agencies abolished in 2025, and this Act controls over Senate
84	84	Bill No. 1659, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,
85	85	or any other Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,
86	86	that amends Section 467.002, Government Code, changing the sunset
87	87	date of the Texas Lottery Commission to a date other than September
88	88	1, 2025, without regard to the relative dates of enactment.
89	89	SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
90	90	______________________________ ______________________________
91	91	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
92	92	I certify that H.B. No. 1620 was passed by the House on May 2,
93	93	2023, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 4, 1 present, not
94	94	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
95	95	No. 1620 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 9,
96	96	2 present, not voting.
97	97	______________________________
98	98	Chief Clerk of the House
99	99	I certify that H.B. No. 1620 was passed by the Senate, with
100	100	amendments, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
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102	102	______________________________
103	103	Secretary of the Senate
104	104	APPROVED: __________________
105	105	Date
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107	107	Governor