SRC-AXB H.B. 2954 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center H.B. 2954 By: Gray (Brown) Natural Resources 5/14/1999 Engrossed DIGEST Under the Sunset review process, state agencies are, on the average, reviewed every twelve years to determine whether or not policies and services carried out by an agency continue to be necessary. Occasionally, an agency will need to be reviewed earlier or later, necessitating a change in the agency's sunset date in statute. H.B. 2954 affects the Sunset review of three agencies: the Texas Israel Exchange Fund Board, the Texas Emancipation Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission, and the State Law Library. PURPOSE As proposed, H.B. 2954 affects the Sunset review of three agencies: the Texas Israel Exchange Fund Board, the Texas Emancipation Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission, and the State Law Library. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. TEXAS-ISRAEL EXCHANGE FUND BOARD. Amends Section 45.006(i), Agriculture Code, to provide that the Texas-Israel Exchange Fund Board is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2007, rather than 2001. SECTION 2. OFFICIAL COTTON GROWERS' BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION FOUNDATION. Amends Section 74.127(a), Agriculture Code, to provide that the board of directors of the official cotton growers' boll weevil eradication foundation is abolished and this subchapter expires September 1, 2007, rather than 2003. SECTION 3. TEXAS EMANCIPATION JUNETEENTH CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL COMMISSION. Amends Section 448.002, Government Code, to make a conforming change. SECTION 4. GENERAL SERVICES COMMISSION. Amends Section 2152.002, Government Code, to make a conforming change. SECTION 5. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION. Amends Section 531.004, Government Code, to provide that the Health and Human Services Commission is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2001, rather than 1999. SECTION 6. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. Amends Section 21.002, Human Resources Code, to make a conforming change. SECTION 7. TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICE COMMISSION. Amends Section 2, Chapter 251N, Article 4582b, V.T.C.S., to make a conforming change. SECTION 8. STATE BOARD BARBER EXAMINERS. Amends Section 26a, Chapter 65, Article 8407a, V.T.C.S., to make a conforming change. SECTION 9. TEXAS COSMETOLOGY COMMISSION. Amends Section 2(k), Chapter 1036, Article 8451a, V.T.C.S., to make a conforming change. SECTION 10. TEXAS COMMISSION OF LICENSING AND REGULATION AND TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION. Amends Section 4, Article 9100, V.T.C.S., to make a conforming change. SECTION 11. Repealer: Section 91.008, Government Code (Sunset Provision). SECTION 12. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 13. Emergency clause.