BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center

C.S.H.B. 326

 

By: Guillen (Zaffirini)

 

Government Organization

 

5/21/2011

 

Committee Report (Substituted)

 

 

 

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

C.S.H.B. 326 amends current law relating to the reporting requirements of a state agency that is undergoing review by the Sunset Advisory Commission.

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

 

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 325, Government Code, by adding Section 325.0075, as follows:

 

Sec.  325.0075.  Requires the agency, before September 1 of the odd-numbered year before the year in which a state agency subject to this chapter is abolished, to submit to the Sunset Advisory Commission, the governor, the lieutenant governor, and each member of the legislature a report that:

 

(1) lists each report that the agency is required by statute to prepare; and

 

(2) evaluates the need for each report listed in Subdivision (1) based on whether factors or conditions have changed since the date the statutory requirement to prepare the report was enacted.

 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2011.