By: Brown S.R. No. 1184
SENATE RESOLUTION
1-1 BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 76th
1-2 Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
1-3 suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
1-4 conference committee appointed to resolve the differences between
1-5 the house and senate versions of H.B. No. 2954, relating to the
1-6 application of the sunset review process to certain state agencies,
1-7 to consider and take action on the following matters:
1-8 Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee to
1-9 add a SECTION to the bill that amends Section 571.022, Government
1-10 Code, to read as follows:
1-11 SECTION ___. TEXAS ETHICS COMMISSION. Section 571.022,
1-12 Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 571.022. SUNSET PROVISION. The commission is subject
1-14 to review under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act), but is not
1-15 abolished under that chapter. The commission shall be reviewed
1-16 during the periods in which state agencies abolished in 2003 [2001]
1-17 and every 12th year after that year [2001] are reviewed.
1-18 Explanation: This change is necessary to give the Texas
1-19 Ethics Commission sufficient time to implement, before the
1-20 commission undergoes sunset review, a system for the electronic
1-21 reporting of certain political contributions and political
1-22 expenditures.
1-23 ______________________________________
1-24 President of the Senate
1-25 I hereby certify that the above
2-1 Resolution was adopted by the Senate
2-2 on May 29, 1999, by the following vote:
2-3 Yeas 30, Nays 0.
2-4 ______________________________________
2-5 Secretary of the Senate