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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the membership, powers, and duties of the Sunset |
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Advisory Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 325.0025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 325.0025. PURPOSE OF SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION. The |
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primary purpose of the commission is to review state agencies to |
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evaluate the need for the agency and determine whether the agency or |
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the agency's functions should be abolished or consolidated in |
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order to reduce the cost of state government operations. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 325.003(a) and (j), Government Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The Sunset Advisory Commission consists of five members |
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of the senate and two [one] public members [member] appointed by the |
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lieutenant governor, [and] five members of the house of |
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representatives and two [one] public members [member] appointed by |
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the speaker of the house, and one public member appointed by the |
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governor who may only vote on the commission's recommendations that |
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do not require a statutory change. The lieutenant governor and the |
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speaker of the house may serve as one of the legislative appointees. |
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(j) Eight [Seven] members of the commission constitute a |
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quorum. A final action or recommendation may not be made unless |
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approved by a record vote of a majority of members appointed by the |
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lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house. All other actions |
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by the commission shall be decided by a majority of the members |
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present and voting. |
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SECTION 3. Section 325.015(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) During the regular session immediately before the |
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abolition of a state agency or an advisory committee that is subject |
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to this chapter, the legislature by law may continue the agency or |
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advisory committee for a period not to exceed: |
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(1) eight years for an agency and any advisory |
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committee if the agency has 200 or more full-time equivalent |
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employees; and |
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(2) 12 years for an agency and any advisory committee |
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if the agency has less than 200 full-time equivalent employees. |
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SECTION 4. The governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker |
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of the house of representatives, as soon as possible after the |
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effective date of this Act, shall appoint public members to serve |
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initial terms on the Sunset Advisory Commission under Section |
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325.003, Government Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |