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| 4 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 8 | | relating to the abolishment, creation, and re-creation of reports. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act "report" means an ad hoc |
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| 9 | 11 | | or periodic publication, study, compilation of information, |
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| 10 | 12 | | statement or written work product produced by an agency in the |
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| 11 | 13 | | executive or judicial branch of state government for distribution |
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| 12 | 14 | | to the legislature or an agency in the legislative branch of state |
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| 13 | 15 | | government and includes reports that are also for distribution to |
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| 14 | 16 | | an officer or agency in the executive branch of state government. |
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| 15 | 17 | | SECTION 2. ABOLITION OF REPORTS. Except as otherwise |
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| 16 | 18 | | specifically provided by this Act, all reports created by law |
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| 17 | 19 | | enacted or re-enacted by an Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular |
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| 18 | 20 | | Session, 2025, that becomes law are abolished on the later of August |
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| 19 | 21 | | 31, 2025, or the date the Act creating the report takes effect. |
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| 20 | 22 | | SECTION 3. PREVIOUSLY EXEMPT REPORTS; CONSTITUTIONAL |
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| 21 | 23 | | REPORTS. Section 2 of this Act does not apply to reports that were |
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| 22 | 24 | | created by law enacted before the 89th Legislature convened, or to |
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| 23 | 25 | | reports required by state constitutional law. |
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| 24 | 26 | | SECTION 4. FEDERAL REPORTS. Section 2 of this Act does not |
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| 25 | 27 | | apply to reports created under an Act of the 89th Legislature, |
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| 26 | 28 | | Regular Session, 2025, for which the report is required by federal |
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| 27 | 29 | | law. |
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| 28 | 30 | | SECTION 5. EXEMPTED REPORTS. Effective on the later of the |
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| 29 | 31 | | effective date of the Act creating the report or August 31, 2025, |
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| 30 | 32 | | the following reports, if created or re-created by an Act of the |
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| 31 | 33 | | 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, are exempt from Section 2 |
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| 32 | 34 | | of this Act, and the reports are created or re-created as specified |
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| 33 | 35 | | by the Act creating or re-creating the report: |
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| 34 | 36 | | (1) the [report] established by House Bill No. ____ or |
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| 35 | 37 | | similar legislation; |
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| 36 | 38 | | SECTION 6. EFFECT OF ACT. (a) This Act prevails over any |
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| 37 | 39 | | other Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, that |
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| 38 | 40 | | purports to create or re-create a report, regardless of the |
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| 39 | 41 | | relative dates of enactment,. |
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| 40 | 42 | | (b) An exemption from the application of this act, contained |
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| 41 | 43 | | in another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, that |
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| 42 | 44 | | is exempted from the application of Section 2 of this Act has no |
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| 43 | 45 | | effect. |
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| 44 | 46 | | SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. Except as otherwise provided by |
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| 45 | 47 | | this Act: |
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| 46 | 48 | | (1) this Act takes effect immediately if this Act |
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| 47 | 49 | | receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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| 48 | 50 | | house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution; |
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| 49 | 51 | | and |
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| 50 | 52 | | (2) if this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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| 51 | 53 | | immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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| 52 | 54 | | last day of the legislative session. |
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