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1	1	89R10570 BCH-D
2	2	By: Bell of Kaufman H.B. No. 1545
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental
10	10	entities subject to that process.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	ARTICLE 1. ENTITIES GIVEN 2031 SUNSET DATE
13	13	SECTION 1.01. CREDIT UNION DEPARTMENT. Section 15.212,
14	14	Finance Code, is amended to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 15.212. SUNSET PROVISION. The Credit Union Department
16	16	and the Credit Union Commission are subject to Chapter 325,
17	17	Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
18	18	as provided by that chapter, the department and commission are
19	19	abolished September 1, 2031 [2035].
20	20	SECTION 1.02. STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.
21	21	Section 2003.023, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
22	22	Sec. 2003.023. SUNSET PROVISION. The State Office of
23	23	Administrative Hearings is subject to review under Chapter 325
24	24	(Texas Sunset Act), but is not abolished under that chapter. The
25	25	office shall be reviewed during the periods in which state agencies
26	26	abolished in 2031 [2027] and every 12th year after 2031 [2027] are
27	27	reviewed.
28	28	SECTION 1.03. TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. (a)
29	29	Section 202.010, Human Resources Code, is amended to read as
30	30	follows:
31	31	Sec. 202.010. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Juvenile Justice
32	32	Board and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department are subject to
33	33	Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued
34	34	in existence as provided by that chapter, the board and the
35	35	department are abolished September 1, 2031 [2027].
36	36	(b) Notwithstanding Section 202.010, Human Resources Code,
37	37	as amended by this Act, the Sunset Advisory Commission shall
38	38	conduct a limited-scope review of the Texas Juvenile Justice
39	39	Department for the 90th Legislature.
40	40	(c) In conducting the limited-scope review under this
41	41	section, the Sunset Advisory Commission staff evaluation and report
42	42	must be limited to assessing the Texas Juvenile Justice
43	43	Department's administration of its regionalization duties aimed at
44	44	prioritizing the use of local levels of the juvenile justice system
45	45	over placement or commitment to secure facilities operated by the
46	46	Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
47	47	(d) The Sunset Advisory Commission may not review the office
48	48	of independent ombudsman of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department
49	49	as part of the limited-scope review conducted under this section.
50	50	(e) The Sunset Advisory Commission's recommendations to the
51	51	90th Legislature may include any recommendation the commission
52	52	considers appropriate based on the limited-scope review conducted
53	53	under this section.
54	54	(f) The Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall submit a
55	55	report not later than September 1, 2026, to the Sunset Advisory
56	56	Commission, the speaker of the house of representatives, the
57	57	lieutenant governor, and the standing committees of each house of
58	58	the legislature with primary jurisdiction over juvenile justice
59	59	that includes information about:
60	60	(1) the status of the United States Department of
61	61	Justice's investigation into the Texas Juvenile Justice Department
62	62	and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department's progress in addressing
63	63	findings as detailed in the United States Department of Justice's
64	64	report titled "Investigation of the Texas Juvenile Justice
65	65	Department," published on August 1, 2024;
66	66	(2) the waitlist of youth committed to the Texas
67	67	Juvenile Justice Department awaiting transfer to state secure
68	68	facilities from county facilities;
69	69	(3) the Texas Juvenile Justice Department's staffing
70	70	and turnover at state facilities for each fiscal year since fiscal
71	71	year 2016; and
72	72	(4) the progress on construction of additional state
73	73	juvenile correctional facilities for which the legislature
74	74	appropriated funding in the 2024-2025 biennium.
75	75	ARTICLE 2. ENTITIES GIVEN 2033 SUNSET DATE
76	76	SECTION 2.01. STATE BOARD OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EXAMINERS.
77	77	Section 801.003, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:
78	78	Sec. 801.003. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The State Board of
79	79	Veterinary Medical Examiners is subject to Chapter 325, Government
80	80	Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
81	81	by that chapter, the board is abolished September 1, 2033 [2027].
82	82	ARTICLE 3. ENTITIES GIVEN 2035 SUNSET DATE
83	83	SECTION 3.01. STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD.
84	84	Section 12, Chapter 358 (S.B. 1424), Acts of the 88th Legislature,
85	85	Regular Session, 2023, is repealed.
86	86	ARTICLE 4. AMENDMENTS TO THE TEXAS SUNSET ACT
87	87	SECTION 4.01. SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION. Section
88	88	325.003(a-1), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
89	89	(a-1) A public member acts on behalf of the legislature when
90	90	participating on the commission in furtherance of the legislature's
91	91	duty to provide oversight of state [executive branch] agencies'
92	92	implementation of legislative priorities.
93	93	SECTION 4.02. AGENCY REPORT TO COMMISSION. Section
94	94	325.007(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
95	95	(a) Before September 1 of the odd-numbered year before the
96	96	year in which a state agency subject to this chapter is abolished or
97	97	reviewed, the agency shall report to the commission:
98	98	(1) information regarding the application to the
99	99	agency of the criteria in Section 325.011; and
100	100	(2) any other information that the agency considers
101	101	appropriate or that is requested by the commission.
102	102	SECTION 4.03. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF AGENCY BEING
103	103	REVIEWED. Section 325.0075, Government Code, is amended to read as
104	104	follows:
105	105	Sec. 325.0075. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF AGENCY BEING
106	106	REVIEWED. Before September 1 of the odd-numbered year before the
107	107	year in which a state agency subject to this chapter is abolished or
108	108	reviewed, the agency shall submit to the commission, the governor,
109	109	the lieutenant governor, and each member of the legislature a
110	110	report that:
111	111	(1) lists each report that the agency is required by a
112	112	statute to prepare; and
113	113	(2) evaluates the need for each report listed in
114	114	Subdivision (1) based on whether factors or conditions have changed
115	115	since the date the statutory requirement to prepare the report was
116	116	enacted.
117	117	SECTION 4.04. COMMISSION DUTIES. Section 325.008(a),
118	118	Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
119	119	(a) Before January 1 of the year in which a state agency
120	120	subject to this chapter and its advisory committees are abolished
121	121	or reviewed, the commission shall:
122	122	(1) review and take action necessary to verify the
123	123	reports submitted by the agency under Section 325.007;
124	124	(2) consult the Legislative Budget Board, the
125	125	Governor's Budget, Policy, and Planning Division, the State
126	126	Auditor, and the comptroller of public accounts, or their
127	127	successors, on the application to the agency of the criteria
128	128	provided in Section 325.011;
129	129	(3) conduct a review of the agency based on the
130	130	criteria provided in Section 325.011 and prepare a written report;
131	131	and
132	132	(4) review the implementation of commission
133	133	recommendations contained in the reports presented to the
134	134	legislature during the preceding legislative session and the
135	135	resulting legislation.
136	136	SECTION 4.05. PUBLIC HEARINGS. Section 325.009(a),
137	137	Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
138	138	(a) Before February 1 of the year a state agency subject to
139	139	this chapter and its advisory committees are abolished or reviewed,
140	140	the commission shall conduct public hearings concerning but not
141	141	limited to the application to the agency of the criteria provided in
142	142	Section 325.011.
143	143	SECTION 4.06. REVIEW OF CERTAIN AGENCIES. Sections
144	144	325.0125(a) and (b), Government Code, are amended to read as
145	145	follows:
146	146	(a) In the two-year period preceding the date scheduled for
147	147	the abolition or review of a state agency under this chapter, the
148	148	commission may exempt certain agencies from the requirements of
149	149	this chapter relating to staff reports, hearings, and reviews.
150	150	(b) The commission may only exempt agencies that have been
151	151	inactive for a period of two years preceding the date the agency is
152	152	scheduled for abolition or review, that have been rendered inactive
153	153	by an action of the legislature, or that the commission determines
154	154	are unable to participate in the review due to a declared disaster.
155	155	ARTICLE 5. EFFECTIVE DATE
156	156	SECTION 5.01. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
157	157	immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
158	158	elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
159	159	Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
160	160	immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.