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.