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1-20     Code, is repealed.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