By:  Armbrister                                        S.B. No. 374
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                        AN ACT
    1-1  relating to the review and continuation of certain state agencies
    1-2  subject to the Texas Sunset Act.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4                       ARTICLE 1.  1997 AGENCIES
    1-5        SECTION 1.01.  Section 461.004, Health and Safety Code, is
    1-6  amended to read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 461.004.  Application of Sunset Act.  The Texas
    1-8  Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse is subject to Chapter 325,
    1-9  Government Code (Texas Sunset Act).  Unless continued in existence
   1-10  as provided by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this
   1-11  chapter expires September 1, 1997 <1999>.
   1-12        SECTION 1.02.  Section 141.012, Human Resources Code, is
   1-13  amended to read as follows:
   1-14        Sec. 141.012.  Sunset Provision.  The Texas Juvenile
   1-15  Probation Commission is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
   1-16  (Texas Sunset Act).  Unless continued in existence as provided by
   1-17  that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter expires
   1-18  September 1, 1997 <1999>.
   1-19        SECTION 1.03.  Section 8, Article 4413(503), Revised
   1-20  Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
   1-21        Sec. 8.  Sunset Provision.  The Department of Protective and
   1-22  Regulatory Services is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
   1-23  (Texas Sunset Act).  Unless continued in existence as provided by
    2-1  that chapter, the department is abolished and this article expires
    2-2  September 1, 1997 <1999>.
    2-3        SECTION 1.04.  Section 61.020, Human Resources Code, is
    2-4  amended to read as follows:
    2-5        Sec. 61.020.  Sunset Provision.  The Texas Youth Commission
    2-6  is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act).
    2-7  Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the
    2-8  commission is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 1997
    2-9  <1999>.
   2-10                 ARTICLE 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE; EMERGENCY
   2-11        SECTION 2.01.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   2-12        SECTION 2.02.  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.