H.B. No. 1620
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the review date for certain governmental entities
  subject to the sunset review process and the regulation of horse
  racing by the Texas Racing Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 443.002, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 443.002.  SUNSET PROVISION. The State Preservation
  Board is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless
  continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the board is
  abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2029 [2025].
         SECTION 2.  Section 444.002(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The Texas Commission on the Arts is subject to Chapter
  325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
  by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter
  expires September 1, 2029 [2025].
         SECTION 3.  Section 467.002, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 467.002.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The commission is
  subject to review under 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, 2025.
         SECTION 4.  Section 659.140(i), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (i)  The state employee charitable campaign policy committee
  is subject to the Texas Sunset Act. Unless continued in existence
  as provided by that chapter, the committee is abolished and this
  subchapter [Government Code, Chapter 659, Subchapter I,] and
  Sections 814.0095 and 814.0096 expire on September 1, 2029 [2025].
         SECTION 5.  Section 2021.008, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The commission is subject to Chapter 325, Government
  Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
  by that chapter, and except as provided by Subsections (b) and (c),
  the commission is abolished and this subtitle expires September 1,
  2029 [2027].
         (a-1)  As part of the review under Subsection (a), the Sunset
  Advisory Commission shall review:
               (1)  the impact on the commission of authorizing the
  executive director to apply for and receive grants to implement or
  enforce this subtitle;
               (2)  the effect of increasing the amount of
  unappropriated money remaining in the Texas Racing Commission fund
  at the close of each state fiscal biennium that is transferred to
  the general revenue fund;
               (3)  the effect of complying with Chapter 53 in the
  administration of the commission's licensing program;
               (4)  the effect of requiring reimbursement of general
  revenue appropriated to the commission for the administration and
  enforcement of this subtitle that exceeds the cumulative amount
  deposited in the Texas Racing Commission fund; and
               (5)  the commission's authority to issue a temporary
  license to an applicant whose application appears to comply with
  the requirements of law.
         SECTION 6.  Subchapter B, Chapter 2022, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 2022.0515 to read as follows:
         Sec. 2022.0515.  GRANTS. The executive director may apply
  for and receive any grant applicable to the implementation or
  enforcement of this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subtitle.
         SECTION 7.  Section 2023.053(c), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Any unappropriated money exceeding $2 million
  [$750,000] that remains in the fund at the close of each state
  fiscal biennium shall be transferred to the general revenue fund
  and may be appropriated for any purpose.
         SECTION 8.  Section 2025.001, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  The commission shall comply with Chapter 53 in the
  administration of the commission's licensing program.
         SECTION 9.  The following provisions of the Occupations Code
  are repealed:
               (1)  Section 2023.053(e); and
               (2)  Section 2025.260.
         SECTION 10.  It is the intent of the legislature that the
  Sunset Advisory Commission review the Texas Lottery Commission
  during the period in which the Sunset Advisory Commission reviews
  state agencies abolished in 2025, and this Act controls over Senate
  Bill No. 1659, Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,
  or any other Act of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023,
  that amends Section 467.002, Government Code, changing the sunset
  date of the Texas Lottery Commission to a date other than September
  1, 2025, without regard to the relative dates of enactment.
         SECTION 11.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1620 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 4, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1620 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 129, Nays 9,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1620 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor