1-1 By: Gray (Senate Sponsor - Brown) H.B. No. 2954
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 1999;
1-3 May 13, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
1-4 Resources; May 14, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 14, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the application of the sunset review process to certain
1-9 state agencies.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. TEXAS-ISRAEL EXCHANGE FUND BOARD. Section
1-12 45.006(i), Agriculture Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-13 (i) The board is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
1-14 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
1-15 that chapter, the board is abolished and this chapter expires
1-16 September 1, 2007 [2001].
1-17 SECTION 2. OFFICIAL COTTON GROWERS' BOLL WEEVIL ERADICATION
1-18 FOUNDATION. Section 74.127(a), Agriculture Code, is amended to
1-19 read as follows:
1-20 (a) The board of directors of the official cotton growers'
1-21 boll weevil eradication foundation is subject to Chapter 325,
1-22 Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
1-23 as provided by that chapter, the board is abolished and this
1-24 subchapter expires September 1, 2007 [2003].
1-25 SECTION 3. TEXAS EMANCIPATION JUNETEENTH CULTURAL AND
1-26 HISTORICAL COMMISSION. Section 448.002, Government Code, is
1-27 amended to read as follows:
1-28 Sec. 448.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Emancipation
1-29 Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission is subject to Chapter
1-30 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
1-31 by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter
1-32 expires September 1, 2007 [2001].
1-33 SECTION 4. GENERAL SERVICES COMMISSION. Section 2152.002,
1-34 Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-35 Sec. 2152.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The General Services
1-36 Commission is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless
1-37 continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission
1-38 is abolished and this subtitle expires September 1, 2001 [2003].
1-39 SECTION 5. HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION. (a)
1-40 Section 531.004, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-41 Sec. 531.004. SUNSET PROVISION. The Health and Human
1-42 Services Commission is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act).
1-43 Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the
1-44 commission is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2001
1-45 [1999].
1-46 (b) This section takes effect only if neither S.B. No. 372
1-47 nor H.B. No. 2641, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session,
1-48 1999, takes effect.
1-49 SECTION 6. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. (a) Section
1-50 21.002, Human Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-51 Sec. 21.002. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Department of
1-52 Human Services is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
1-53 Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that
1-54 chapter, the department is abolished and this title expires
1-55 September 1, 2001 [1999], except that Chapter 40 expires as
1-56 provided by Section 40.003.
1-57 (b) This section takes effect only if neither S.B. No. 369
1-58 nor H.B. No. 2073, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session,
1-59 1999, takes effect.
1-60 SECTION 7. TEXAS FUNERAL SERVICE COMMISSION. Subsection N,
1-61 Section 2, Chapter 251, Acts of the 53rd Legislature, Regular
1-62 Session, 1953 (Article 4582b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
1-63 amended to read as follows:
1-64 N. The Texas Funeral Service Commission is subject to
2-1 Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued
2-2 in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission is
2-3 abolished and this Act expires September 1, 2001 [2003].
2-4 SECTION 8. STATE BOARD OF BARBER EXAMINERS. Section 26a,
2-5 Chapter 65, Acts of the 41st Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1929
2-6 (Article 8407a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read
2-7 as follows:
2-8 Sec. 26a. SUNSET PROVISION. The State Board of Barber
2-9 Examiners is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
2-10 Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
2-11 the board is abolished and this Act expires September 1, 2001
2-12 [2003].
2-13 SECTION 9. TEXAS COSMETOLOGY COMMISSION. Section 2(k),
2-14 Chapter 1036, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1971
2-15 (Article 8451a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read
2-16 as follows:
2-17 (k) The Texas Cosmetology Commission is subject to Chapter
2-18 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in
2-19 existence as provided by that chapter, the commission is abolished
2-20 and this Act expires September 1, 2001 [2003].
2-21 SECTION 10. TEXAS COMMISSION OF LICENSING AND REGULATION AND
2-22 TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION. Section 4, Article
2-23 9100, Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
2-24 Sec. 4. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Commission of Licensing
2-25 and Regulation and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
2-26 are subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act).
2-27 Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the
2-28 commission and the department are abolished September 1, 2001
2-29 [2003].
2-30 SECTION 11. STATE LAW LIBRARY. Section 91.008, Government
2-31 Code, is repealed.
2-32 SECTION 12. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
2-33 1, 1999.
2-34 SECTION 13. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
2-35 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-36 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-37 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-38 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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