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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the Texas Commission on Fire Protection to |
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conduct a study and prepare a report on administrative attachment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 419, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 419.013 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 419.013. STUDY ON ADMINISTRATIVE ATTACHMENT; REPORT. |
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(a) In this section, "state agency" means a board, commission, |
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department, institute, office, or other agency in the executive |
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branch of state government that is created by the constitution or a |
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statute of this state, including an institution of higher education |
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or other agency of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, |
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Education Code. |
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(b) The commission shall conduct a study on the |
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administrative attachment of the commission to another state agency |
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in order to: |
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(1) reduce the costs associated with the commission; |
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(2) improve the provision of commission services; and |
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(3) lower the fees set and collected by the commission |
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under this chapter. |
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(c) The commission may request the assistance of any state |
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agency if the commission needs assistance to conduct the study |
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required under this section. The agency shall provide the |
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requested assistance. |
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(d) Not later than September 1, 2014, the commission shall |
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report the results of the study to the legislature, the governor, |
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and the Legislative Budget Board. The report submitted must |
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include a complete explanation of the process used by the |
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commission in conducting the study required under this section and: |
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(1) if the commission finds that administrative |
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attachment to another state agency would further the goals listed |
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in Subsection (b): |
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(A) identify a single state agency to which the |
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commission shall be administratively attached, selected using the |
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criteria prescribed by Subsection (b); and |
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(B) include drafts of proposed legislation |
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necessary to accomplish the administrative attachment; or |
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(2) if the commission finds that administrative |
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attachment to another state agency would not further the goals |
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listed in Subsection (b): |
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(A) identify, for each goal listed in Subsection |
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(b), at least five reasons why administrative attachment would not |
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further that goal; |
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(B) describe in detail the commission's plan for |
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meeting each goal listed in Subsection (b); and |
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(C) include drafts of proposed legislation |
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necessary to accomplish the commission's plan under Paragraph (B). |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2017. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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