By Gray H.B. No. 2954
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the application of the sunset review process to certain
1-3 state agencies.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. TEXAS-ISRAEL EXCHANGE FUND BOARD. Section
1-6 45.006(i), Agriculture Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (i) The board is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
1-8 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
1-9 that chapter, the board is abolished and this chapter expires
1-10 September 1, 2007 [2001].
1-11 SECTION 2. OFFICIAL COTTON GROWERS' BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION
1-12 FOUNDATION. Section 74.127(a), Agriculture Code, is amended to
1-13 read as follows:
1-14 (a) The board of directors of the official cotton growers'
1-15 boll weevil eradication foundation is subject to Chapter 325,
1-16 Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
1-17 as provided by that chapter, the board is abolished and this
1-18 subchapter expires September 1, 2007 [2003].
1-19 SECTION 3. TEXAS EMANCIPATION JUNETEENTH CULTURAL AND
1-20 HISTORICAL COMMISSION. Section 448.002, Government Code, is
1-21 amended to read as follows:
1-22 Sec. 448.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Emancipation
1-23 Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission is subject to Chapter
1-24 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
2-1 by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter
2-2 expires September 1, 2007 [2001].
2-3 SECTION 4. GENERAL SERVICES COMMISSION. Section 2152.002,
2-4 Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
2-5 Sec. 2152.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The General Services
2-6 Commission is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless
2-7 continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission
2-8 is abolished and this subtitle expires September 1, 2001 [2003].
2-9 SECTION 5. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION. (a)
2-10 Section 531.004, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
2-11 Sec. 531.004. SUNSET PROVISION. The Health and Human
2-12 Services Commission is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act).
2-13 Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the
2-14 commission is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2001
2-15 [1999].
2-16 (b) This section takes effect only if neither S.B. No. 372
2-17 nor H.B. No. 2641, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session,
2-18 1999, takes effect.
2-19 SECTION 6. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. (a) Section
2-20 21.002, Human Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
2-21 Sec. 21.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Department of
2-22 Human Services is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
2-23 Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that
2-24 chapter, the department is abolished and this title expires
2-25 September 1, 2001 [1999], except that Chapter 40 expires as
2-26 provided by Section 40.003.
2-27 (b) This section takes effect only if neither S.B. No. 369
3-1 nor H.B. No. 2073, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session,
3-2 1999, takes effect.
3-3 SECTION 7. TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICE COMMISSION. Subsection N,
3-4 Section 2, Chapter 251, Acts of the 53rd Legislature, Regular
3-5 Session, 1953 (Article 4582b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
3-6 amended to read as follows:
3-7 N. The Texas Funeral Service Commission is subject to
3-8 Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued
3-9 in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission is
3-10 abolished and this Act expires September 1, 2001 [2003].
3-11 SECTION 8. STATE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS. Section 26a,
3-12 Chapter 65, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1929
3-13 (Article 8407a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read
3-14 as follows:
3-15 Sec. 26a. SUNSET PROVISION. The State Board of Barber
3-16 Examiners is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
3-17 Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
3-18 the board is abolished and this Act expires September 1, 2001
3-19 [2003].
3-20 SECTION 9. TEXAS COSMETOLOGY COMMISSION. Section 2(k),
3-21 Chapter 1036, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971
3-22 (Article 8451a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read
3-23 as follows:
3-24 (k) The Texas Cosmetology Commission is subject to Chapter
3-25 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in
3-26 existence as provided by that chapter, the commission is abolished
3-27 and this Act expires September 1, 2001 [2003].
4-1 SECTION 10. TEXAS COMMISSION OF LICENSING AND REGULATION AND
4-2 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION. Section 4, Article
4-3 9100, Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
4-4 Sec. 4. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Commission of Licensing
4-5 and Regulation and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
4-6 are subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act).
4-7 Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the
4-8 commission and the department are abolished September 1, 2001
4-9 [2003].
4-10 SECTION 11. STATE LAW LIBRARY. Section 91.008, Government
4-11 Code, is repealed.
4-12 SECTION 12. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
4-13 1, 1999.
4-14 SECTION 13. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
4-15 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.