1-1 By: Armbrister S.B. No. 374
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 1995; March 15, 1995, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 2, 1995,
1-4 reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 2, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 374 By: Armbrister
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the review and continuation of certain state agencies
1-10 subject to the Texas Sunset Act.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 ARTICLE 1. 1997 AGENCIES
1-13 SECTION 1.01. Section 461.004, Health and Safety Code, is
1-14 amended to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 461.004. Application of Sunset Act. The Texas
1-16 Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse is subject to Chapter 325,
1-17 Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
1-18 as provided by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this
1-19 chapter expires September 1, 1997 <1999>.
1-20 SECTION 1.02. 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
1-24 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
1-25 that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter expires
1-26 September 1, 1997 <1999>.
1-27 SECTION 1.03. Section 8, Article 4413(503), Revised
1-28 Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
1-29 Sec. 8. Sunset Provision. The Department of Protective and
1-30 Regulatory Services is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
1-31 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
1-32 that chapter, the department is abolished and this article expires
1-33 September 1, 1997 <1999>.
1-34 SECTION 1.04. Section 61.020, Human Resources Code, is
1-35 amended to read as follows:
1-36 Sec. 61.020. Sunset Provision. The Texas Youth Commission
1-37 is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act).
1-38 Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the
1-39 commission is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 1997
1-40 <1999>.
1-41 ARTICLE 2. 1999 AGENCIES
1-42 SECTION 2.01. Section 413.003, Government Code, is amended
1-43 to read as follows:
1-44 Sec. 413.003. Sunset Provision. The Criminal Justice Policy
1-45 Council is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless
1-46 continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the council is
1-47 abolished September 1, 1999 <1997>.
1-48 SECTION 2.02. Section 492.012, Government Code, is amended
1-49 to read as follows:
1-50 Sec. 492.012. Sunset Provision. The Texas Board of Criminal
1-51 Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are subject to
1-52 Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as
1-53 provided by that chapter, the board and the department are
1-54 abolished September 1, 1999 <1997>.
1-55 SECTION 2.03. Subchapter B, Chapter 771, Health and Safety
1-56 Code, is amended by adding Section 771.032 to read as follows:
1-57 Sec. 771.032. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Advisory
1-58 Commission on State Emergency Communications is subject to Chapter
1-59 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in
1-60 existence as provided by that chapter, the advisory commission is
1-61 abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 1999.
1-62 SECTION 2.04. Section 14, Chapter 462, Acts of the 68th
1-63 Legislature, Regular Session, 1983 (Article 4413(51), Vernon's
1-64 Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-65 Sec. 14. Application of Sunset Act. The Council on Sex
1-66 Offender Treatment <council> is subject to Chapter 325, Government
1-67 Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
1-68 by that chapter, the council is abolished and this Act expires
2-1 September 1, 1999 <1997>.
2-2 SECTION 2.05. Subsection (a), Section 434.002, Government
2-3 Code, is amended to read as follows:
2-4 (a) The Texas Veterans Commission is subject to Chapter 325
2-5 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
2-6 that chapter, the commission is abolished September 1, 1999 <1997>.
2-7 SECTION 2.06. Section 161.0111, Natural Resources Code, is
2-8 amended to read as follows:
2-9 Sec. 161.0111. Sunset Provision. The Veterans' Land Board
2-10 is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
2-11 Sunset Act), but is not abolished under that chapter. The board
2-12 shall be reviewed during the period in which state agencies
2-13 abolished in 1999 <1997> and every 12th year after 1999 <1997> are
2-14 reviewed.
2-15 SECTION 2.07. Section 2108.007, Government Code, is amended
2-16 to read as follows:
2-17 Sec. 2108.007. Application of Sunset Act. The Texas
2-18 Incentive and Productivity Commission is subject to Chapter 325
2-19 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
2-20 that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter expires
2-21 September 1, 1999 <2001>.
2-22 ARTICLE 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; EMERGENCY
2-23 SECTION 3.01. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
2-24 SECTION 3.02. The importance of this legislation and the
2-25 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-26 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-27 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-28 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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