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.