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House Bill 1675 |
House Author: Bonnen, Dennis |
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Effective: See below |
Senate Sponsor: Nichols |
Commonly referred to as the "Sunset Savings Bill," House Bill 1675 amends provisions of the Education Code, Government Code, Transportation Code, Natural Resources Code, Finance Code, Insurance Code, Occupations Code, Labor Code, Health and Safety Code, and general law relating to the sunset review process and certain governmental entities subject to that process. The bill requires certain self-directed semi-independent agencies to pay the costs incurred by the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission in performing a review under the Texas Sunset Act and provides for a study concerning such entities; authorizes the sunset commission to attend meetings and proceedings of any state agency under review; and grants the sunset commission access to a privileged or confidential agency document for purposes of a review.
House Bill 1675 provides for a review of numerous entities and, depending on the entity, assigns or changes the entity's abolition date. The bill subjects certain of those entities to review but not abolishment under the Texas Sunset Act, or imposes limitations or specified requirements relating to the review that expire on the entity's sunset date. The bill removes the sunset date for the Early Childhood Health and Nutrition Interagency Council and instead provides for the council's review as part of the sunset commission's review of the Department of Agriculture.
House Bill 1675 takes effect June 14, 2013, except for provisions relating to the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs and the State Employee Charitable Campaign Policy Committee, which have no effect.