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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sunset review date for the Cancer Prevention and |
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Research Institute of Texas and the time for awarding cancer |
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research and prevention grants. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 102.003, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 102.003. SUNSET PROVISION. The Cancer Prevention and |
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Research Institute of Texas is subject to Chapter 325, Government |
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Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided |
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by that chapter, the institute is abolished and this chapter |
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expires September 1, 2023 [2021]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 102.254, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 102.254. PERIOD FOR AWARDS. The oversight committee |
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may not award money under Subchapter E [before January 1, 2008, or] |
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after August 31, 2022 [2020]. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2017. |