By Gray H.B. No. 2954
76R7251 MRB-D
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. TEXAS EMANCIPATION JUNETEENTH CULTURAL AND
1-12 HISTORICAL COMMISSION. Section 448.002, Government Code, is
1-13 amended to read as follows:
1-14 Sec. 448.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Emancipation
1-15 Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission is subject to Chapter
1-16 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
1-17 by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter
1-18 expires September 1, 2007 [2001].
1-19 SECTION 3. STATE LAW LIBRARY. Section 91.008, Government
1-20 Code, is repealed.
1-21 SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
1-22 1, 1999.
1-23 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
1-24 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
2-4 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
2-5 Amend HB 2954, line 21 by adding a new Section 4 to read as
2-6 follows:
2-7 SECTION 4. OFFICIAL COTTON GROWERS' BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION
2-8 FOUNDATION. Section 74.127 (a), Agriculture Code, is amended to
2-9 read as follows:
2-10 "(a) The board of directors of the official cotton growers'
2-11 boll weevil eradication foundation is subject to Chapter 325,
2-12 Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
2-13 as provided by that chapter, the board is abolished and this
2-14 subchapter expires September 1, 2007 [2003]."
2-15 Amend to renumber the following sections accordingly.
2-16 Wolens
2-17 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 2
2-18 Amend HB 2954 by adding new SECTIONS ___ & __, and
2-19 renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS appropriately.
2-20 SECTION ____. STATE COMMITTEE OF EXAMINERS IN THE FITTING
2-21 AND DISPENSING OF HEARING INSTRUMENTS. Section 4566-1.02(i)
2-22 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
2-23 (i) The State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and
2-24 Dispensing of Hearing Instruments is subject to Chapter 325,
2-25 Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
2-26 as provided by that chapter, the committee is abolished and this
2-27 Act expires September 1, 2001 [2005].
3-1 SECTION ____. STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR SPEECH-LANGUAGE
3-2 PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY. Section 4512j, Sec. 22, Vernon's Texas
3-3 Civil Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
3-4 Sec. 22. Sunset Provision. The State Board for
3-5 Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology is subject to Chapter 325,
3-6 Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
3-7 as provided by that chapter, the board is abolished and this Act
3-8 expires September 1, 2001 [2005].
3-9 Wolens