Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R8852 LRM-D
2	2	By: Springer, et al. S.B. No. 1400
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the continuation and functions of the Office of
8	8	State-Federal Relations.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 751.003, Government Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 751.003. SUNSET PROVISION. The Office of
13	13	State-Federal Relations is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset
14	14	Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
15	15	the office is abolished [and this chapter expires] September 1,
16	16	2035 [2023].
17	17	SECTION 2. Section 751.005, Government Code, is amended by
18	18	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
19	19	follows:
20	20	(b) The office shall:
21	21	(1) help coordinate state and federal programs dealing
22	22	with the same subject;
23	23	(2) inform the governor and the legislature of federal
24	24	programs that may be carried out in the state or that affect state
25	25	programs;
26	26	(3) provide federal agencies and the United States
27	27	Congress with information about state policy and state conditions
28	28	on matters that concern the federal government;
29	29	(4) provide the legislature with information useful in
30	30	measuring the effect of federal actions on the state and local
31	31	programs;
32	32	(5) prepare and supply to the governor and all members
33	33	of the legislature an annual report that:
34	34	(A) describes the office's operations;
35	35	(B) contains the office's priorities and
36	36	strategies for the following year;
37	37	(C) details projects and legislation pursued by
38	38	the office; and
39	39	(D) discusses issues in the following
40	40	congressional session of interest to this state; [and
41	41	[(E) contains an analysis of federal funds
42	42	availability and formulae;]
43	43	(6) notify the governor, the lieutenant governor, the
44	44	speaker of the house of representatives, and the legislative
45	45	standing committees in each house with primary jurisdiction over
46	46	intergovernmental affairs of federal activities relevant to the
47	47	state and inform the Texas congressional delegation of state
48	48	activities;
49	49	(7) conduct frequent conference calls with the
50	50	lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives
51	51	or their designees regarding state-federal relations and programs;
52	52	(8) respond to requests for information from the
53	53	legislature, the United States Congress, and federal agencies;
54	54	(9) coordinate with the Legislative Budget Board
55	55	regarding the effects of federal funding on the state budget; and
56	56	(10) report to, and on request send appropriate
57	57	representatives to appear before, the legislative standing
58	58	committees in each house with primary jurisdiction over
59	59	intergovernmental affairs.
60	60	(f) The office shall post the report required under
61	61	Subsection (b)(5) to the office's publicly accessible Internet
62	62	website.
63	63	SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Government Code
64	64	are repealed:
65	65	(1) the heading to Subchapter A, Chapter 751; and
66	66	(2) Subchapter B, Chapter 751.
67	67	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.