Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R11991 BCH-D
2	2	By: Hancock S.B. No. 1594
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to renaming the Sunset Advisory Commission as the Sunset
10	10	Legislative Initiative for Cost Efficiency Advisory Commission and
11	11	the duties of that commission.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 325, Government Code, is
14	14	amended to read as follows:
15	15	CHAPTER 325. SUNSET LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE FOR COST EFFICIENCY
16	16	(SLICE) LAW
17	17	SECTION 2. Section 325.001, Government Code, is amended to
18	18	read as follows:
19	19	Sec. 325.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the
20	20	Texas Sunset Legislative Initiative for Cost Efficiency (SLICE)
21	21	Act.
22	22	SECTION 3. Section 325.002(3), Government Code, is amended
23	23	to read as follows:
24	24	(3) "Commission" means the Sunset Legislative
25	25	Initiative for Cost Efficiency Advisory Commission.
26	26	SECTION 4. The heading to Section 325.003, Government Code,
27	27	is amended to read as follows:
28	28	Sec. 325.003. SUNSET LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVE FOR COST
29	29	EFFICIENCY ADVISORY COMMISSION.
30	30	SECTION 5. Section 325.003(a), Government Code, is amended
31	31	to read as follows:
32	32	(a) The Sunset Legislative Initiative for Cost Efficiency
33	33	Advisory Commission is a legislative agency that consists of five
34	34	members of the senate and one public member appointed by the
35	35	lieutenant governor and five members of the house of
36	36	representatives and one public member appointed by the speaker of
37	37	the house. The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house may
38	38	serve as one of the legislative appointees.
39	39	SECTION 6. Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by
40	40	adding Section 325.0035 to read as follows:
41	41	Sec. 325.0035. REFERENCES IN LAW. (a) A reference in law
42	42	to the Sunset Advisory Commission is a reference to the Sunset
43	43	Legislative Initiative for Cost Efficiency Advisory Commission.
44	44	(b) A reference in law to the Texas Sunset Act is a reference
45	45	to the Texas Sunset Legislative Initiative for Cost Efficiency
46	46	(SLICE) Act.
47	47	SECTION 7. Section 325.011, Government Code, is amended to
48	48	read as follows:
49	49	Sec. 325.011. CRITERIA FOR REVIEW. The commission and its
50	50	staff shall consider the following criteria in determining whether
51	51	a public need exists for the continuation of a state agency or its
52	52	advisory committees or for the performance of the functions of the
53	53	agency or its advisory committees:
54	54	(1) the efficiency and effectiveness with which the
55	55	agency or the advisory committee operates, including:
56	56	(A) an assessment of efficiency in delivering
57	57	programs and services to entities and other persons; and
58	58	(B) an assessment of appropriated funds and
59	59	spending to determine potential spending efficiencies and identify
60	60	waste in the delivery of programs and services;
61	61	(2)(A) an identification of the mission, goals, and
62	62	objectives intended for the agency or advisory committee and of the
63	63	problem or need that the agency or advisory committee was intended
64	64	to address; and
65	65	(B) the extent to which the mission, goals, and
66	66	objectives have been achieved and the problem or need has been
67	67	addressed;
68	68	(3)(A) an identification of any activities of the
69	69	agency in addition to those granted by statute and of the authority
70	70	for those activities; and
71	71	(B) the extent to which those activities are
72	72	needed;
73	73	(4) an assessment of authority of the agency relating
74	74	to fees, inspections, enforcement, and penalties;
75	75	(5) whether less restrictive or alternative methods of
76	76	performing any function that the agency performs could adequately
77	77	protect or provide service to the public;
78	78	(6) the extent to which the jurisdiction of the agency
79	79	and the programs administered by the agency overlap or duplicate
80	80	those of other agencies, the extent to which the agency coordinates
81	81	with those agencies, and the extent to which the programs
82	82	administered by the agency can be consolidated with the programs of
83	83	other state agencies;
84	84	(7) the promptness and effectiveness with which the
85	85	agency addresses complaints concerning entities or other persons
86	86	affected by the agency, including an assessment of the agency's
87	87	administrative hearings process;
88	88	(8) an assessment of the agency's rulemaking process
89	89	and the extent to which the agency has encouraged participation by
90	90	the public in making its rules and decisions and the extent to which
91	91	the public participation has resulted in rules that benefit the
92	92	public;
93	93	(9) the extent to which the agency has complied with:
94	94	(A) federal and state laws and applicable rules
95	95	regarding equality of employment opportunity and the rights and
96	96	privacy of individuals; and
97	97	(B) state law and applicable rules of any state
98	98	agency regarding purchasing guidelines and programs for
99	99	historically underutilized businesses;
100	100	(10) the extent to which the agency issues and
101	101	enforces rules relating to potential conflicts of interest of its
102	102	employees;
103	103	(11) the extent to which the agency complies with
104	104	Chapters 551 and 552 and follows records management practices that
105	105	enable the agency to respond efficiently to requests for public
106	106	information;
107	107	(12) the effect of federal intervention or loss of
108	108	federal funds if the agency is abolished;
109	109	(13) the extent to which the purpose and effectiveness
110	110	of reporting requirements imposed on the agency justifies the
111	111	continuation of the requirement; and
112	112	(14) an assessment of the agency's cybersecurity
113	113	practices using confidential information available from the
114	114	Department of Information Resources or any other appropriate state
115	115	agency.
116	116	SECTION 8. (a) Effective January 1, 2026:
117	117	(1) the name of the Sunset Advisory Commission is
118	118	changed to the Sunset Legislative Initiative for Cost Efficiency
119	119	Advisory Commission, and all powers, duties, rights, and
120	120	obligations of the Sunset Advisory Commission are the powers,
121	121	duties, rights, and obligations of the Sunset Legislative
122	122	Initiative for Cost Efficiency Advisory Commission;
123	123	(2) a member of the Sunset Advisory Commission is a
124	124	member of the Sunset Legislative Initiative for Cost Efficiency
125	125	Advisory Commission; and
126	126	(3) any appropriation to the Sunset Advisory
127	127	Commission is an appropriation to the Sunset Legislative Initiative
128	128	for Cost Efficiency Advisory Commission.
129	129	(b) Effective January 1, 2026, a reference in law to the
130	130	Sunset Advisory Commission is a reference to the Sunset Legislative
131	131	Initiative for Cost Efficiency Advisory Commission.
132	132	(c) The Sunset Legislative Initiative for Cost Efficiency
133	133	Advisory Commission is the successor to the Sunset Advisory
134	134	Commission in all respects. All personnel, equipment, data,
135	135	documents, facilities, contracts, items, other property, rules,
136	136	decisions, and proceedings of or involving the Sunset Advisory
137	137	Commission are unaffected by the change in the name of the
138	138	commission.
139	139	(d) The Sunset Advisory Commission shall adopt a timetable
140	140	for phasing in the change of the commission's name so as to minimize
141	141	the fiscal impact of the name change. Until January 1, 2026, to
142	142	allow for phasing in the change of the commission's name and in
143	143	accordance with the timetable established as required by this
144	144	section, the commission may perform any act authorized by law for
145	145	the Sunset Advisory Commission as the Sunset Advisory Commission or
146	146	as the Sunset Legislative Initiative for Cost Efficiency Advisory
147	147	Commission. Any act of the Sunset Advisory Commission acting as the
148	148	Sunset Legislative Initiative for Cost Efficiency Advisory
149	149	Commission on or after the effective date of this Act and before
150	150	January 1, 2026, is an act of the Sunset Advisory Commission.
151	151	SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.