Amend HB 2954 by striking all below the enacting clause and
substituting the following:
ARTICLE 1. AGENCIES GIVEN 2001 SUNSET DATE
SECTION 1.01. TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICE COMMISSION. Subsection N,
Section 2, Chapter 251, Acts of the 53rd Legislature, Regular
Session, 1953 (Article 4582b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
amended to read as follows:
N. The Texas Funeral Service Commission is subject to
Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued
in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission is
abolished and this Act expires September 1, 2001 <2003>.
SECTION 1.02. GENERAL SERVICES COMMISSION. Section 2152.002,
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2152.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The General Services
Commission is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless
continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission
is abolished and this subtitle expires September 1, 2001 <2003>.
ARTICLE 2. AGENCIES GIVEN 2003 SUNSET DATE
SECTION 2.01. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Section
21.002, Human Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 21.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Department of Human
Services is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
the department is abolished and this title expires September 1,
2003 <1999>, except that Chapter 40 expires as provided by Section
40.003.
SECTION 2.02. METROPOLITAN RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITIES. Section
451.453, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 451.453. REVIEW BY SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION. Each
authority that has been confirmed, other than an authority that was
confirmed before 1980 in which the principal municipality has a
population of less than 1.2 million, is subject <every 12th year>
to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act),
but is not abolished under that chapter. Each authority shall be
reviewed during the period in which state agencies abolished in
2003 and every 12th year after that year are reviewed.
SECTION 2.03. PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS. Section
12.005, Utilities Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 12.005. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Public Utility
Commission of Texas is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
(Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
that chapter, the commission is abolished and this title expires
September 1, 2003 <2001>.
SECTION 2.04. OFFICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL. Section
13.002, Utilities Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13.002. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Office of Public
Utility Counsel is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that
chapter, the office is abolished and this chapter expires September
1, 2003 <2001>.
ARTICLE 3. AGENCIES GIVEN 2007 SUNSET DATE
SECTION 3.01. TEXAS-ISRAEL EXCHANGE FUND BOARD. Section
45.006(i), Agriculture Code, is amended to read as follows:
(i) The board is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
(Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
that chapter, the board is abolished and this chapter expires
September 1, 2007 <2001>.
SECTION 3.02. OFFICIAL COTTON GROWERS' BOLL WEEVIL
ERADICATION FOUNDATION. Section 74.127(a), Agriculture Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The board of directors of the official cotton growers'
boll weevil eradication foundation is subject to Chapter 325,
Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
as provided by that chapter, the board is abolished and this
subchapter expires September 1, 2007 <2003>.
ARTICLE 4. AGENCIES GIVEN 1999 SUNSET DATE
SECTION 4.01. TEXAS LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
AUTHORITY. Section 402.012, Health and Safety Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 402.012. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority is subject to Chapter 325,
Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
as provided by that chapter, the authority is abolished and this
chapter expires September 1, 1999 <2001>.
ARTICLE 5. AGENCIES REMOVED FROM SUNSET REVIEW
SECTION 5.01. The following provisions in the Government Code
are repealed:
(1) Section 42.006 (Office of the State Prosecuting
Attorney);
(2) Section 71.002 (Texas Judicial Council);
(3) Section 91.008 (State Law Library); and
(4) Section 405.002 (Office of the Secretary of
State).
ARTICLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 6.01. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT. In its review of
the Parks and Wildlife Department for the 77th Legislature, the
Sunset Advisory Commission shall include a review of appropriate
sources of dedicated funding for financing the programs
administered by the department. The Sunset Advisory Commission
shall consider the results of the review in developing its
recommendations to the 77th Legislature.
SECTION 6.02. TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD; TEXAS NATURAL
RESOURCE CONSERVATION COMMISSION. If the Sunset Advisory Commission
includes a study of groundwater districts in its review of the
Texas Water Development Board or the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission for the 77th Legislature, to minimize
duplication the commission shall closely coordinate with any
interim legislative committees also studying groundwater districts.
SECTION 6.03. TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICE COMMISSION. The section
of this Act that amends Subsection N, Section 2, Chapter 251, Acts
of the 53rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1953 (Article 4582b,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), takes effect only if the 76th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, does not enact other
legislation that becomes law and that amends Subsection A, Section
2, Chapter 251, Acts of the 53rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1953
(Article 4582b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), to change the
membership of the Texas Funeral Service Commission.
SECTION 6.04. PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS. The section
of this Act that amends Section 12.005, Utilities Code, takes
effect only if the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, does
not enact other legislation that becomes law and that amends
Section 12.005, Utilities Code, to extend the sunset date of the
Public Utility Commission of Texas.
SECTION 6.05. OFFICE OF PUBLIC UTILITY COUNSEL. The section
of this Act that amends Section 13.002, Utilities Code, takes
effect only if the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, does
not enact other legislation that becomes law and that amends
Section 13.002, Utilities Code, to extend the sunset date of the
Office of Public Utility Counsel.
SECTION 6.06. TEXAS LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
AUTHORITY. The section of this Act that amends Section 402.012,
Health and Safety Code, takes effect only if the 76th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1999, does not enact other legislation that
becomes law and that amends Section 402.012, Health and Safety
Code, to change the sunset date of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive
Waste Disposal Authority.
ARTICLE 7. EFFECTIVE DATE; EMERGENCY
SECTION 7.01. EFFECTIVE DATE. Except as otherwise provided by
this Act, this Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
SECTION 7.02. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby
suspended.