74R10126 JRD-D
By Junell H.B. No. 3052
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3052:
By Black C.S.H.B. No. 3052
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the review and continuation of certain state agencies
1-3 subject to the Texas Sunset Act.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 ARTICLE 1. 1997 AGENCIES
1-6 SECTION 1.01. Section 461.004, Health and Safety Code, is
1-7 amended to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 461.004. Application of Sunset Act. The Texas
1-9 Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse is subject to Chapter 325,
1-10 Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
1-11 as provided by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this
1-12 chapter expires September 1, 1997 <1999>.
1-13 SECTION 1.02. Section 2108.007, Government Code, is amended
1-14 to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 2108.007. Application of Sunset Act. The Texas
1-16 Incentive and Productivity Commission is subject to Chapter 325
1-17 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
1-18 that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter expires
1-19 September 1, 1997 <2001>.
1-20 SECTION 1.03. Section 141.012, Human Resources Code, is
1-21 amended to read as follows:
1-22 Sec. 141.012. Sunset Provision. The Texas Juvenile
1-23 Probation Commission is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
2-1 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
2-2 that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter expires
2-3 September 1, 1997 <1999>.
2-4 SECTION 1.04. Section 8, Article 4413(503), Revised
2-5 Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
2-6 Sec. 8. Sunset Provision. The Department of Protective and
2-7 Regulatory Services is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
2-8 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
2-9 that chapter, the department is abolished and this article expires
2-10 September 1, 1997 <1999>.
2-11 SECTION 1.05. Section 61.020, Human Resources Code, is
2-12 amended to read as follows:
2-13 Sec. 61.020. Sunset Provision. The Texas Youth Commission
2-14 is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act).
2-15 Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the
2-16 commission is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 1997
2-17 <1999>.
2-18 ARTICLE 2. 1999 AGENCIES
2-19 SECTION 2.01. Section 413.003, Government Code, is amended
2-20 to read as follows:
2-21 Sec. 413.003. Sunset Provision. The Criminal Justice Policy
2-22 Council is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless
2-23 continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the council is
2-24 abolished September 1, 1999 <1997>.
2-25 SECTION 2.02. Section 492.012, Government Code, is amended
3-1 to read as follows:
3-2 Sec. 492.012. Sunset Provision. The Texas Board of Criminal
3-3 Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are subject to
3-4 Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as
3-5 provided by that chapter, the board and the department are
3-6 abolished September 1, 1999 <1997>.
3-7 SECTION 2.03. Subchapter B, Chapter 771, Health and Safety
3-8 Code, is amended by adding Section 771.032 to read as follows:
3-9 Sec. 771.032. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Advisory
3-10 Commission on State Emergency Communications is subject to Chapter
3-11 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in
3-12 existence as provided by that chapter, the advisory commission is
3-13 abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 1999.
3-14 SECTION 2.04. Section 14, Chapter 462, Acts of the 68th
3-15 Legislature, Regular Session, 1983 (Article 4413(51), Vernon's
3-16 Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
3-17 Sec. 14. Application of Sunset Act. The Council on Sex
3-18 Offender Treatment <council> is subject to Chapter 325, Government
3-19 Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
3-20 by that chapter, the council is abolished and this Act expires
3-21 September 1, 1999 <1997>.
3-22 SECTION 2.05. Section 434.002(a), Government Code, is
3-23 amended to read as follows:
3-24 (a) The Texas Veterans Commission is subject to Chapter 325
3-25 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
4-1 that chapter, the commission is abolished September 1, 1999 <1997>.
4-2 SECTION 2.06. Section 161.0111, Natural Resources Code, is
4-3 amended to read as follows:
4-4 Sec. 161.0111. Sunset Provision. The Veterans' Land Board
4-5 is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
4-6 Sunset Act), but is not abolished under that chapter. The board
4-7 shall be reviewed during the period in which state agencies
4-8 abolished in 1999 <1997> and every 12th year after 1999 <1997> are
4-9 reviewed.
4-10 ARTICLE 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; EMERGENCY
4-11 SECTION 3.01. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
4-12 SECTION 3.02. The importance of this legislation and the
4-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.