By Brown                                              S.R. No. 1184
         76R18121 MRB-D                           
                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 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.