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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, House Bill No. 4583 has been adopted by the house of |
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representatives and the senate and is being prepared for |
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enrollment; and |
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WHEREAS, The bill contains technical errors that should be |
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corrected; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED by the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas, |
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Regular Session, That the enrolling clerk of the house of |
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representatives be instructed to make the following correction: |
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Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION as the |
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next-to-last SECTION of the bill and renumber the last SECTION of |
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the bill accordingly: |
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SECTION ____. STATE AGENCIES ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL STIMULUS |
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FUNDING: ABOLITION UNDER SUNSET REVIEW PROCESS POSTPONED. (a) |
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Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that by law is |
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scheduled for abolition on September 1, 2009, in connection with |
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the process by which state agencies are periodically reviewed in |
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accordance with Chapter 325, Government Code, is not abolished on |
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September 1, 2009, and is not subject to the procedure after |
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termination prescribed by Section 325.017, Government Code, if the |
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agency is eligible to administer federal stimulus funds received by |
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this state under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act |
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of 2009 (Pub. L. No. 111-5) or to monitor a program funded in whole |
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or part by federal stimulus funds. To provide for the orderly |
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expenditure of federal stimulus funds, the agencies are continued |
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in existence until September 1, 2011, or a later date as |
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subsequently determined by the 81st or 82nd Legislature. For |
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purposes of this section, the agencies that are eligible to |
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administer federal stimulus funds received by this state under the |
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federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or to |
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monitor a program funded in whole or in part by federal stimulus |
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funds and that are continued in existence under this section to |
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provide for the orderly expenditure of federal stimulus funds are: |
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(1) the Texas Department of Transportation; |
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(2) the Texas Department of Insurance; |
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(3) the Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation; |
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(4) the Texas Racing Commission; and |
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(5) the Office of Public Insurance Counsel. |
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(b) Section 201.204, Transportation Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 201.204. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Department of |
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Transportation is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas |
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Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that |
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chapter, the department is abolished September 1, 2011 [2009]. |
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(c) Section 31.004(a), Insurance Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The Texas Department of Insurance is subject to Chapter |
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325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in |
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existence as provided by that chapter, the department is abolished |
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September 1, 2011 [2009]. |
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(d) Section 2306.5521, Government Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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Sec. 2306.5521. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas State |
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Affordable Housing Corporation is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas |
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Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that |
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chapter, the corporation is abolished and this subchapter expires |
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September 1, 2011 [2009]. |
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(e) Section 18.01(a), Texas Racing Act (Article 179e, |
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Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The Texas Racing Commission is subject to Chapter 325, |
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Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence |
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as provided by that chapter, and except as provided by Subsections |
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(b) and (c) of this section, the commission is abolished and this |
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Act expires September 1, 2011 [2009]. |
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(f) Section 501.003, Insurance Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 501.003. SUNSET PROVISION. The office is subject to |
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Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued |
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in existence as provided by that chapter, the office is abolished |
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September 1, 2011 [2009]. |
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(g) The governor with the prior approval of the Legislative |
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Budget Board may direct that an agency receiving funds appropriated |
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by Article XII, Senate Bill 1, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2009 (the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act article |
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of the General Appropriations Act), shall transfer those funds in |
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an amount prescribed by the governor and allowed under federal law |
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to an agency listed under Subsection (a) of this section to |
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implement an initiative related to public safety, public integrity, |
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consumer protection, or fiscal soundness that the agency may |
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implement and for which under federal law the federal stimulus |
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funds may be used. |