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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the abolishment, creation, and re-creation of reports. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act "report" means an ad hoc |
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or periodic publication, study, compilation of information, |
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statement or written work product produced by an agency in the |
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executive or judicial branch of state government for distribution |
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to the legislature or an agency in the legislative branch of state |
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government and includes reports that are also for distribution to |
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an officer or agency in the executive branch of state government. |
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SECTION 2. ABOLITION OF REPORTS. Except as otherwise |
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specifically provided by this Act, all reports created by law |
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enacted or re-enacted by an Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2025, that becomes law are abolished on the later of August |
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31, 2025, or the date the Act creating the report takes effect. |
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SECTION 3. PREVIOUSLY EXEMPT REPORTS; CONSTITUTIONAL |
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REPORTS. Section 2 of this Act does not apply to reports that were |
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created by law enacted before the 89th Legislature convened, or to |
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reports required by state constitutional law. |
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SECTION 4. FEDERAL REPORTS. Section 2 of this Act does not |
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apply to reports created under an Act of the 89th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2025, for which the report is required by federal |
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law. |
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SECTION 5. EXEMPTED REPORTS. Effective on the later of the |
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effective date of the Act creating the report or August 31, 2025, |
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the following reports, if created or re-created by an Act of the |
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89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, are exempt from Section 2 |
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of this Act, and the reports are created or re-created as specified |
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by the Act creating or re-creating the report: |
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(1) the [report] established by House Bill No. ____ or |
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similar legislation; |
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SECTION 6. EFFECT OF ACT. (a) This Act prevails over any |
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other Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, that |
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purports to create or re-create a report, regardless of the |
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relative dates of enactment,. |
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(b) An exemption from the application of this act, contained |
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in another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, that |
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is exempted from the application of Section 2 of this Act has no |
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effect. |
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SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. Except as otherwise provided by |
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this Act: |
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(1) this Act takes effect immediately if this Act |
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receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution; |
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and |
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(2) if this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |