R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State
1-2 of Texas, 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, That House Rule
1-3 13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule
1-4 13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
1-5 resolve the differences between the house and senate versions of
1-6 H.B. No. 2954, relating to the application of the sunset review
1-7 process to certain state agencies, to consider and take action on
1-8 the following matters:
1-9 House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the
1-10 committee to add a section to the bill that amends Section 571.022,
1-11 Government Code, to read as follows:
1-12 SECTION ____. TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION. Section 571.022,
1-13 Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-14 Sec. 571.022. SUNSET PROVISION. The commission is subject
1-15 to review under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act), but is not
1-16 abolished under that chapter. The commission shall be reviewed
1-17 during the periods in which state agencies abolished in 2003 [2001]
1-18 and every 12th year after that year [2001] are reviewed.
1-19 Explanation: This change is necessary to give the Texas
1-20 Ethics Commission sufficient time to implement, before the
1-21 commission undergoes sunset review, a system for the electronic
1-22 reporting of certain political contributions and political
1-23 expenditures.
Gray
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1317 was adopted by the House on May
29, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House