Amend CSSB 1659 (senate committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to ARTICLE 1 of the bill and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of ARTICLE 1 accordingly:

SECTION 1.__. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE; DIVISION OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE. Section 31.004, Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 31.004.  SUNSET PROVISION. (a) The Texas Department of Insurance 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, 2029 [2025].

(b)  Unless continued as provided by Chapter 325, Government Code, the duties of the division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of Insurance under Title 5, Labor Code, expire September 1, 2029 [2025], or another date designated by the legislature.

SECTION 1.__. OFFICE OF PUBLIC INSURANCE COUNSEL. Section 501.003, Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 501.003.  SUNSET PROVISION. The office is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the office is abolished September 1, 2029 [2025].

SECTION 1.__. OFFICE OF INJURED EMPLOYEE COUNSEL. Section 404.003, Labor Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 404.003.  SUNSET PROVISION. The office of injured employee counsel is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the office is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2029 [2025].