By: Nelson S.R. No. 1055
 
 
SENATE RESOLUTION
 
         BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
  suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
  conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on
  House Bill 3123 (governmental entities subject to the sunset
  process) to consider and take action on the following matters:
         (1)  Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended to permit the
  committee to omit text which is not in disagreement, SECTION 2.01
  of the house engrossment of House Bill No. 3123 and the
  corresponding section of the bill as the bill was amended by the
  senate, relating to the sunset review of the Sulphur River Basin
  Authority, that reads:
         SECTION 2.01.  SULPHUR RIVER BASIN AUTHORITY. Section 1A,
  Chapter 3, Acts of the 69th Legislature, 1st Called Session,
  1985, is repealed.
         Explanation: The omission is necessary to continue the
  sunset review of the Sulphur River Basin Authority.
         (2)  Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the
  committee to add text on matters not included in either the house
  or senate version of the bill by adding the following:
  ARTICLE 1. ENTITIES GIVEN 2017 SUNSET DATE
         SECTION 1.01.  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
  Section 201.204, Transportation Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 201.204.  SUNSET PROVISION. (a) The Texas Department
  of Transportation is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
  (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
  that chapter, the department is abolished September 1, 2017.
         (b)  The Sunset Advisory Commission shall limit its review
  of the Texas Department of Transportation in preparation for the
  work of the 85th Legislature in Regular Session to the
  department's project planning, selection, programming, and
  funding processes and its interactions with local transportation
  entities. In the commission's report to the 85th Legislature,
  the commission may include any recommendations it considers
  appropriate. This subsection expires September 1, 2017.
         SECTION 1.02.  NORTH TEXAS TOLLWAY AUTHORITY.
  Subchapter A, Chapter 366, Transportation Code, is amended by
  adding Section 366.005 to read as follows:
         Sec. 366.005.  SUNSET PROVISION. (a) An authority is
  subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
  Sunset Act), as if it were a state agency but is not abolished
  under that chapter.
         (b)  An authority shall be reviewed during the period in
  which state agencies scheduled to be reviewed or abolished in
  2017 are reviewed.
         (c)  An authority shall pay the cost incurred by the
  Sunset Advisory Commission in performing a review of the
  authority under this section. The Sunset Advisory Commission
  shall determine the cost, and the authority shall pay the amount
  promptly on receipt of a statement from the Sunset Advisory
  Commission detailing the cost.
         (d)  This section expires September 1, 2017.
  ARTICLE 2. ENTITIES GIVEN 2019 SUNSET DATE
         SECTION 2.01.  EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS.
  Section 815.005, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 815.005.  SUNSET PROVISION. The board of trustees of
  the Employees Retirement System of Texas is subject to review
  under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act), but is not abolished under
  that chapter. The board shall be reviewed during the period in
  which state agencies abolished in 2019 [2017], and every 12th
  year after that year, are reviewed.
         SECTION 4.04.  TEXAS MILITARY DEPARTMENT. Section
  437.051, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 437.051.  SUNSET PROVISION. The department is
  subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in
  existence as provided by that chapter, the department is
  abolished and this subchapter expires September 1, 2023 [2019].
         SECTION 4.05.  CANCER PREVENTION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE
  OF TEXAS. Section 102.003, Health and Safety Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 102.003.  SUNSET PROVISION. The Cancer Prevention
  and Research Institute of Texas is subject to Chapter 325,
  Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in
  existence as provided by that chapter, the institute is abolished
  and this chapter expires September 1, 2023 [2021].
         SECTION 4.06.  RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS. Sections
  81.01001(a) and (a-1), Natural Resources Code, are amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The Railroad Commission of Texas is subject to
  Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless
  continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the
  commission is abolished September 1, 2023 [2017].
         (a-1)  The review of the Railroad Commission of Texas by
  the Sunset Advisory Commission in preparation for the work of the
  88th [85th] Legislature in Regular Session is not limited to the
  appropriateness of recommendations made by the Sunset Advisory
  Commission to the 83rd Legislature. In the Sunset Advisory
  Commission's report to the 88th [85th] Legislature, the Sunset
  Advisory Commission may include any recommendations it considers
  appropriate. The review must include an examination of
  alternative organizational structures for the Railroad
  Commission of Texas and alternative methods for performing the
  commission's responsibilities that would enable the efficient
  and effective accomplishment of the commission's functions. The
  examination must include an assessment of existing state
  agencies that would be able to perform the commission's
  functions. The review must also include an examination of
  methods to increase the public's role in decisions of the
  Railroad Commission of Texas that relate to the effect of the
  growth of resource extraction. The Sunset Advisory Commission
  may contract for assistance in performing the review, including
  assistance in evaluating, auditing, and forensic auditing, as
  the Sunset Advisory Commission determines necessary. This
  subsection expires September 1, 2023 [2017].
         Explanation: This addition is necessary to limit the
  scope of the next sunset review of the Texas Department of
  Transportation, to subject the North Texas Tollway Authority to
  sunset review, and to change the sunset review date for various
  state agencies.
 
 
 
 
    _______________________________ 
        President of the Senate
     
         I hereby certify that the
    above Resolution was adopted by
    the Senate on May 30, 2015, by the
  following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
   
   
   
    _______________________________ 
        Secretary of the Senate