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1985, is repealed.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