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78R9036 KCR-D

By:  Allen                                                        H.B. No. 2894



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the operation of the Interagency Council on Sex 
Offender Treatment.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2(b), Chapter 462, Acts of the 68th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 1983 (Article 4413(51), Vernon's 
Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The council shall [may] adopt rules consistent with this 
Act.  In adopting rules, the council shall consider the rules and 
procedures of the board and the department and shall adopt 
procedural rules consistent with similar existing rules and 
procedures of the board or the department.
	SECTION 2.  Section 12, Chapter 462, Acts of the 68th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 1983 (Article 4413(51), Vernon's 
Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 12.  GRANTS AND DONATIONS.  The council shall [may] 
apply for and accept on behalf of the state a grant or donation from 
any source to be used by the council to perform its duties.
	SECTION 3.  Chapter 462, Acts of the 68th Legislature, 
Regular Session, 1983 (Article 4413(51), Vernon's Texas Civil 
Statutes), is amended by adding Section 17 to read as follows:
	Sec. 17.  EXPIRATION OF ARTICLE.  This article expires 
December 31, 2007, and on that date the duties and powers of the 
council are transferred to the Texas Department of Criminal 
Justice.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.