Amend SB 1831 on third reading as follows:
(1) Strike the heading to added Section 403.0147, Government Code, and substitute the following:
Sec. 403.0147. REPORTS ON CERTAIN ENTITIES NOT FUNDED BY APPROPRIATIONS.
(2) Add the following subsections to Section 403.0147, Government Code, as added by the bill:
(d) Not later than December 31, 2017, the comptroller shall prepare and submit to the legislature a report that identifies each entity to be reviewed under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act) that:
(1) is not a state agency;
(2) does not receive a direct appropriation in the General Appropriations Act; and
(3) is required to pay for the cost of the review.
(e) The Sunset Advisory Commission shall assist the comptroller in identifying the entities described by Subsection (d).
(f) Not later than December 31, 2018, the comptroller and the Legislative Budget Board shall make recommendations to the legislature on alternate methods of reviewing the performance of entities identified in the report under Subsection (d).
(g) Notwithstanding any other law, an entity identified in the report under Subsection (d) is not subject to review by the Sunset Advisory Commission under Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act) during the period in which state agencies scheduled to be abolished in 2019 are reviewed.
(h) This subsection and Subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) expire August 31, 2019.
(3) In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike "Section 403.0147" and substitute "Section 403.0147(b)".