This website will be unavailable from Friday, April 26, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. through Monday, April 29, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. due to data center maintenance.

                                                                                


By:  Armbrister                                                   S.B. No. 1382
	(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2003; March 19, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Government Organization; 
April 23, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 23, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1382                                   By:  Armbrister


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the continuation of certain professional and 
occupational licensing boards as self-directed and 
semi-independent agencies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsections (a) and (c), Section 4, Article 
8930, Revised Statutes, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each 
project agency shall become self-directed and semi-independent as 
specified in this Act.  To allow the pilot project the opportunity 
to test the effectiveness of operating under the provisions of this 
Act, any Act of the 78th Legislature that relates to an agency 
included in Section 2 of this Act may be implemented on 
authorization by the governing board of the agency.
	(c)  This Act [is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code 
(Texas Sunset Act).  Unless continued in existence as provided by 
that chapter, this Act] expires September 1, 2015 [2003].
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (c), Section 6, Article 8930, Revised 
Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy shall 
annually remit $703,344 [$500,000] to the general revenue fund, the 
Texas Board of Professional Engineers shall annually remit $373,900 
[$50,000] to the general revenue fund, and the Texas Board of 
Architectural Examiners shall annually remit $510,000 [$700,000] 
to the general revenue fund.
	SECTION 3.  Section 14, Article 8930, Revised Statutes, is 
amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
	(c)  A project agency may retain each fiscal year an amount 
of fines and other revenue the project agency receives during the 
fiscal year as a result of enforcement actions that is equal to 20 
percent of the total amount expended by the project agency during 
the previous fiscal year, not to exceed $1 million.
	(d)  At the end of each fiscal year 50 percent of the 
unexpended balance of the amount retained in Subsection (c) of this 
section shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue 
fund.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



* * * * *