1-1 By: Stiles, et al. H.B. No. 1642
1-2 (Senate Sponsor - Harris of Dallas)
1-3 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 17, 1993;
1-4 May 18, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-5 Affairs; May 22, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-6 Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 22, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Harris of Dallas x
1-10 Rosson x
1-11 Carriker x
1-12 Henderson x
1-13 Leedom x
1-14 Lucio x
1-15 Luna x
1-16 Nelson x
1-17 Patterson x
1-18 Shelley x
1-19 Sibley x
1-20 West x
1-21 Whitmire x
1-22 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-23 AN ACT
1-24 relating to the process under which state agencies and other
1-25 entities are periodically reviewed under the Texas Sunset Act.
1-26 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-27 SECTION 1. Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by
1-28 adding Section 325.025 to read as follows:
1-29 Sec. 325.025. REVIEW OF SUNSET. (a) The Select Committee
1-30 on Sunset Review is composed of 10 members appointed as follows:
1-31 (1) four members must be state senators and are
1-32 appointed by the lieutenant governor;
1-33 (2) one member must be a representative of the general
1-34 public and is appointed by the lieutenant governor;
1-35 (3) four members must be state representatives and are
1-36 appointed by the speaker of the house; and
1-37 (4) one member must be a representative of the general
1-38 public and is appointed by the speaker of the house.
1-39 (b) The lieutenant governor shall designate one of the
1-40 lieutenant governor's appointees as the initial presiding officer
1-41 of the committee, and the speaker of the house shall designate one
1-42 of the speaker's appointees as the initial assistant presiding
1-43 officer. The initial presiding officer and initial assistant
1-44 presiding officer serve in those capacities for a period ending
1-45 June 1, 1994. The speaker of the house shall designate the
1-46 succeeding presiding officer, and the lieutenant governor shall
1-47 designate the succeeding assistant presiding officer.
1-48 (c) Each member of the committee is entitled to
1-49 reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
1-50 performing functions as a member of the committee. A legislative
1-51 member is entitled to reimbursement from the appropriate fund of
1-52 the member's house. A public member is entitled to reimbursement
1-53 from funds appropriated or made available to the committee.
1-54 (d) The committee shall meet at the call of the presiding
1-55 officer of the committee and as provided by the rules of the
1-56 committee.
1-57 (e) The committee may make an agreement with the state
1-58 senate or house of representatives, an institution of higher
1-59 education, a consulting firm, or any other entity as necessary for
1-60 the committee to obtain adequate staff to conduct the review.
1-61 (f) The committee shall review the performance of the
1-62 commission and the process by which state agencies are reviewed by
1-63 the commission. In the review, the committee shall:
1-64 (1) apply to the commission and consider the factors
1-65 described by Sections 325.011(1), (2), (4), and (5);
1-66 (2) consider other factors the committee considers
1-67 appropriate to perform a thorough review; and
1-68 (3) examine specifically the extent to which functions
2-1 of the commission are duplicated, or can be performed more
2-2 efficiently or effectively, by a committee of the state senate or
2-3 house of representatives or by another state legislative or
2-4 executive agency.
2-5 (g) The committee shall prepare a report containing its
2-6 findings from the review and its recommendations on improving the
2-7 process by which state agencies are reviewed and by which oversight
2-8 of the agencies is performed. The committee shall give the report
2-9 to the 74th Legislature when it convenes in 1995.
2-10 (h) This section expires June 1, 1995.
2-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-12 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
2-17 * * * * *
2-18 Austin,
2-19 Texas
2-20 May 22, 1993
2-21 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-22 President of the Senate
2-23 Sir:
2-24 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred H.B.
2-25 No. 1642, have had the same under consideration, and I am
2-26 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
2-27 that it do pass and be printed.
2-28 Rosson,
2-29 Vice-Chairman
2-30 * * * * *
2-31 WITNESSES
2-32 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 1642.