| 1 | 1 | | 89R10574 BCH-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 1540 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to governmental entities subject to the sunset review |
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| 10 | 10 | | process. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION. Section 467.002, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 467.002. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The commission is |
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| 15 | 15 | | subject to review under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless |
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| 16 | 16 | | continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission |
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| 17 | 17 | | is abolished and this chapter, Chapter 466 of this code, and Chapter |
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| 18 | 18 | | 2001, Occupations Code, expire September 1, 2027 [2025]. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Section |
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| 20 | 20 | | 492.012, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | Sec. 492.012. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Board of |
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| 22 | 22 | | Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are |
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| 23 | 23 | | subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in |
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| 24 | 24 | | existence as provided by that chapter, the board and the department |
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| 25 | 25 | | are abolished September 1, 2027 [2025]. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION. Section 571.022, |
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| 27 | 27 | | Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | Sec. 571.022. SUNSET PROVISION. The commission is subject |
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| 29 | 29 | | to review under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act), but is not abolished |
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| 30 | 30 | | under that chapter. The commission shall be reviewed during the |
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| 31 | 31 | | periods in which state agencies abolished in 2027 [2013] and every |
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| 32 | 32 | | 12th year after that year are reviewed. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 4. DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES. Section |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2054.005, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 2054.005. SUNSET PROVISION. [(a)] The Department of |
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| 36 | 36 | | Information Resources is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). |
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| 37 | 37 | | Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the |
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| 38 | 38 | | department is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2027 |
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| 39 | 39 | | [2025]. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 5. ANGELINA AND NECHES RIVER AUTHORITY. Section |
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| 41 | 41 | | 8501.0015(a), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read |
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| 42 | 42 | | as follows: |
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| 43 | 43 | | (a) The authority is subject to review under Chapter 325, |
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| 44 | 44 | | Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), but may not be abolished under |
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| 45 | 45 | | that chapter. The review shall be conducted under Section 325.025, |
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| 46 | 46 | | Government Code, as if the authority were a state agency scheduled |
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| 47 | 47 | | to be abolished September 1, 2027 [2025], and every 12th year after |
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| 48 | 48 | | that year. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 6. LOWER NECHES VALLEY AUTHORITY. Section |
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| 50 | 50 | | 8504.0021(a), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read |
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| 51 | 51 | | as follows: |
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| 52 | 52 | | (a) The authority is subject to review under Chapter 325, |
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| 53 | 53 | | Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), but may not be abolished under |
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| 54 | 54 | | that chapter. The review shall be conducted under Section 325.025, |
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| 55 | 55 | | Government Code, as if the authority were a state agency scheduled |
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| 56 | 56 | | to be abolished September 1, 2027 [2025], and every 12th year after |
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| 57 | 57 | | that year. |
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| 58 | 58 | | SECTION 7. SABINE RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS. Section 2A(a), |
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| 59 | 59 | | Chapter 110, Acts of the 51st Legislature, Regular Session, 1949, |
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| 60 | 60 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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| 61 | 61 | | (a) The district is subject to review under Chapter 325, |
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| 62 | 62 | | Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), but may not be abolished under |
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| 63 | 63 | | that chapter. The review shall be conducted under Section 325.025, |
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| 64 | 64 | | Government Code, as if the district were a state agency scheduled to |
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| 65 | 65 | | be abolished September 1, 2027 [2025], and every 12th year after |
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| 66 | 66 | | that year. |
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| 67 | 67 | | SECTION 8. TRINITY RIVER AUTHORITY OF TEXAS. Section |
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| 68 | 68 | | 1A(a), Chapter 518, Acts of the 54th Legislature, Regular Session, |
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| 69 | 69 | | 1955, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 70 | 70 | | (a) The Authority is subject to review under Chapter 325, |
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| 71 | 71 | | Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), but may not be abolished under |
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| 72 | 72 | | that chapter. The review shall be conducted under Section 325.025, |
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| 73 | 73 | | Government Code, as if the Authority were a state agency scheduled |
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| 74 | 74 | | to be abolished September 1, 2027 [2025], and every 12th year after |
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| 75 | 75 | | that year. |
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| 76 | 76 | | SECTION 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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| 77 | 77 | | immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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| 78 | 78 | | elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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| 79 | 79 | | Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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| 80 | 80 | | immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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