Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R9166 GP-D
2	2	By: Metcalf H.B. No. 2106
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the establishment of an advisory committee to study and
10	10	provide recommendations to state agencies on ways to increase
11	11	efficiency at the agencies.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 10, Government Code, is
14	14	amended by adding Chapter 2117 to read as follows:
15	15	CHAPTER 2117. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY
16	16	Sec. 2117.001. ESTABLISHMENT AND NAME OF ADVISORY
17	17	COMMITTEE. (a) An advisory committee is established to study and
18	18	make recommendations to each state agency in the executive branch
19	19	of state government on ways to increase the efficiency with which
20	20	the agency operates.
21	21	(b) The advisory committee shall be referred to as the Texas
22	22	Department of Government Efficiency.
23	23	Sec. 2117.002. COMPOSITION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The
24	24	advisory committee is composed of the following eight members:
25	25	(1) two members appointed by the governor;
26	26	(2) two members appointed by the lieutenant governor;
27	27	(3) two members appointed by the speaker of the house
28	28	of representatives;
29	29	(4) the chair of the senate committee on finance; and
30	30	(5) the chair of the house committee on
31	31	appropriations.
32	32	(b) In making appointments to the advisory committee under
33	33	Subsection (a):
34	34	(1) the governor may:
35	35	(A) appoint two public members to the committee;
36	36	or
37	37	(B) appoint one public member to the committee
38	38	and elect to serve as a member of the committee;
39	39	(2) the lieutenant governor may:
40	40	(A) appoint two public members to the committee;
41	41	or
42	42	(B) appoint one public member to the committee
43	43	and:
44	44	(i) elect to serve as a member of the
45	45	committee; or
46	46	(ii) appoint a member of the senate to the
47	47	committee; and
48	48	(3) the speaker of the house of representatives may:
49	49	(A) appoint two public members to the committee;
50	50	or
51	51	(B) appoint one public member to the committee
52	52	and:
53	53	(i) elect to serve as a member of the
54	54	committee; or
55	55	(ii) appoint another member of the house of
56	56	representatives to the committee.
57	57	Sec. 2117.003. TERMS; VACANCY. (a) Members of the advisory
58	58	committee serve two-year terms.
59	59	(b) A vacancy on the advisory committee shall be filled in
60	60	the same manner as the original appointment. A member appointed to
61	61	fill a vacancy on the committee shall serve for the remainder of the
62	62	unexpired term.
63	63	Sec. 2117.004. PRESIDING OFFICER. (a) If the governor
64	64	serves as a member of the advisory committee, the governor is the
65	65	presiding officer of the committee.
66	66	(b) If the governor is not a member of the advisory
67	67	committee, the governor shall appoint one member of the committee
68	68	to serve as the committee's presiding officer.
69	69	(c) The presiding officer of the advisory committee serves a
70	70	two-year term.
71	71	Sec. 2117.005. MEETINGS. The advisory committee shall meet
72	72	at the call of the committee's presiding officer.
73	73	Sec. 2117.006. REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES. Members of the
74	74	advisory committee serve without compensation but are entitled to
75	75	reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
76	76	performing official duties under this chapter.
77	77	Sec. 2117.007. PURPOSE OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The advisory
78	78	committee is established to:
79	79	(1) study the operation of each state agency in
80	80	accordance with a schedule adopted by the committee to identify
81	81	ways to increase the efficiency with which the agency operates;
82	82	(2) recommend to each state agency that is the subject
83	83	of a study described by Subdivision (1) ways of increasing the
84	84	agency's operational efficiency identified by the committee during
85	85	the study; and
86	86	(3) prepare and submit the report required by Section
87	87	2117.008.
88	88	Sec. 2117.008. ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT. Not later than
89	89	December 1 of each even-numbered year, the advisory committee shall
90	90	prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and
91	91	each member of the legislature a report that includes:
92	92	(1) the name of each state agency studied by the
93	93	committee under Section 2117.007(1) during the two-year period
94	94	preceding the date of the report and the recommendations made to
95	95	each of those agencies under Section 2117.007(2); and
96	96	(2) any proposed legislation prepared by the committee
97	97	related to the information described by Subdivision (1) or any
98	98	other matter the committee determines is relevant to the efficient
99	99	operation of state agencies.
100	100	Sec. 2117.009. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW. Chapter 2110 does
101	101	not apply to the advisory committee.
102	102	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
103	103	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
104	104	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
105	105	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
106	106	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.