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Amend SB 1659 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1)  Strike SECTION 1.06 of the bill (page 2, lines 16-21).
(2)  Strike SECTION 1.09 of the bill (page 3, lines 7-13).
(3)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to ARTICLE 1 of the bill:
SECTION __.__.  TEXAS LOTTERY COMMISSION. Section 467.002, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 467.002.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The commission is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter, Chapter 466 of this code, and Chapter 2001, Occupations Code, expire September 1, 2029 [2025].
SECTION __.__.  TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY AFFAIRS. Section 2306.022, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2306.022.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the department is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2029 [2025].
(4)  Renumber the SECTIONS of ARTICLE 1 as appropriate.
(5)  Add the following appropriately numbered ARTICLE to the bill and renumber subsequent ARTICLES and SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
ARTICLE ____. SPECIAL-PURPOSE REVIEWS
SECTION __.01.  TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION. (a) The Sunset Advisory Commission shall conduct a special-purpose review of the Texas Real Estate Commission for the 89th Legislature.  In conducting the special-purpose review under this subsection:
(1)  the Sunset Advisory Commission staff evaluation and report must be limited to reviewing the disclosures required by law to be made by a seller of real property in this state and the forms developed by the Texas Real Estate Commission to provide the required disclosures; and
(2)  the commission's recommendations to the 89th Legislature may include any recommendation the commission considers appropriate based on the special-purpose review.
(b)  This section expires September 1, 2025.