89R9166 GP-D
By: Metcalf H.B. No. 2106
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of an advisory committee to study and
provide recommendations to state agencies on ways to increase
efficiency at the agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 10, Government Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 2117 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 2117. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY
Sec. 2117.001. ESTABLISHMENT AND NAME OF ADVISORY
COMMITTEE. (a) An advisory committee is established to study and
make recommendations to each state agency in the executive branch
of state government on ways to increase the efficiency with which
the agency operates.
(b) The advisory committee shall be referred to as the Texas
Department of Government Efficiency.
Sec. 2117.002. COMPOSITION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The
advisory committee is composed of the following eight members:
(1) two members appointed by the governor;
(2) two members appointed by the lieutenant governor;
(3) two members appointed by the speaker of the house
of representatives;
(4) the chair of the senate committee on finance; and
(5) the chair of the house committee on
appropriations.
(b) In making appointments to the advisory committee under
Subsection (a):
(1) the governor may:
(A) appoint two public members to the committee;
or
(B) appoint one public member to the committee
and elect to serve as a member of the committee;
(2) the lieutenant governor may:
(A) appoint two public members to the committee;
or
(B) appoint one public member to the committee
and:
(i) elect to serve as a member of the
committee; or
(ii) appoint a member of the senate to the
committee; and
(3) the speaker of the house of representatives may:
(A) appoint two public members to the committee;
or
(B) appoint one public member to the committee
and:
(i) elect to serve as a member of the
committee; or
(ii) appoint another member of the house of
representatives to the committee.
Sec. 2117.003. TERMS; VACANCY. (a) Members of the advisory
committee serve two-year terms.
(b) A vacancy on the advisory committee shall be filled in
the same manner as the original appointment. A member appointed to
fill a vacancy on the committee shall serve for the remainder of the
unexpired term.
Sec. 2117.004. PRESIDING OFFICER. (a) If the governor
serves as a member of the advisory committee, the governor is the
presiding officer of the committee.
(b) If the governor is not a member of the advisory
committee, the governor shall appoint one member of the committee
to serve as the committee's presiding officer.
(c) The presiding officer of the advisory committee serves a
two-year term.
Sec. 2117.005. MEETINGS. The advisory committee shall meet
at the call of the committee's presiding officer.
Sec. 2117.006. REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES. Members of the
advisory committee serve without compensation but are entitled to
reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
performing official duties under this chapter.
Sec. 2117.007. PURPOSE OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The advisory
committee is established to:
(1) study the operation of each state agency in
accordance with a schedule adopted by the committee to identify
ways to increase the efficiency with which the agency operates;
(2) recommend to each state agency that is the subject
of a study described by Subdivision (1) ways of increasing the
agency's operational efficiency identified by the committee during
the study; and
(3) prepare and submit the report required by Section
2117.008.
Sec. 2117.008. ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT. Not later than
December 1 of each even-numbered year, the advisory committee shall
prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and
each member of the legislature a report that includes:
(1) the name of each state agency studied by the
committee under Section 2117.007(1) during the two-year period
preceding the date of the report and the recommendations made to
each of those agencies under Section 2117.007(2); and
(2) any proposed legislation prepared by the committee
related to the information described by Subdivision (1) or any
other matter the committee determines is relevant to the efficient
operation of state agencies.
Sec. 2117.009. APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW. Chapter 2110 does
not apply to the advisory committee.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.