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Senate Bill 526 |
Senate Author: Birdwell |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
House Sponsor: Capriglione et al. |
Senate Bill 526 amends and repeals provisions of the Family Code, Government Code, Insurance Code, Natural Resources Code, Occupations Code, Tax Code, and session law to abolish the advisory oversight community outreach committee in the Department of Public Safety, rain harvesting and water recycling task force, State Cogeneration Council, information resources steering committee for the attorney general's child support division, premarital education handbook advisory committee, independent review organization advisory group to the commissioner of insurance, Vehicle Protection Product Warrantor Advisory Board, qualified agricultural land and qualified timber land property tax valuation manuals approval committees, and Communities in Schools advisory committee. The bill abolishes the residential mortgage fraud task force and revises certain requirements relating to notification about fraudulent activity and sharing confidential information. The bill abolishes the Alternative Fuels Council and transfers the council's role in evaluating an application for assistance with alternative fuel projects to the comptroller of public accounts. The bill repeals the Vehicle Protection Product Regulatory Act and the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (or LPG) Code.