S.B.�No.�2
AN ACT
relating to the governmental entities subject to the sunset review
process.
�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
ARTICLE 1. ENTITIES GIVEN 2011 SUNSET DATE
�������SECTION�1.01.��STATE SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION BOARD.
Section 201.025, Agriculture Code, is amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�201.025.��SUNSET PROVISION. The State Soil and Water
Conservation Board is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
(Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
that chapter, the board is abolished and this chapter expires
September 1, 2011 [2013].
�������SECTION�1.02.��TEXAS FOREST SERVICE. Subchapter B, Chapter
88, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 88.1016 to read as
follows:
�������Sec.88.1016.SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Forest Service
is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act).
Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the
Texas Forest Service is abolished September 1, 2011.
�������SECTION�1.03.��EQUINE RESEARCH ACCOUNT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
Subsection (b), Section 88.524, Education Code, is amended to read
as follows:
�������(b)��The Equine Research Account Advisory Committee is
subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless
continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the advisory
committee is abolished and this subchapter expires September 1,
2011 [2009].
�������SECTION�1.04.��TEXAS STATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CORPORATION.
Section 2306.5521, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�2306.5521.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas State
Affordable Housing Corporation is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas
Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that
chapter, the corporation is abolished and this subchapter expires
September 1, 2011 [2009].
�������SECTION�1.05.��ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT RESEARCH
COUNCIL. Section 367.003, Health and Safety Code, is amended to
read as follows:
�������Sec.�367.003.��APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. (a)��The council
is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act).
Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the
council is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2011
[2013].
�������(b)��If this chapter expires under Subsection (a),
uncommitted money in the on-site wastewater treatment research
account shall be deposited to the credit of the general revenue
fund.
�������SECTION�1.06.��TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE. Subsection
(a), Section 31.004, Insurance Code, is amended to read as follows:
�������(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, 2011 [2009].
�������SECTION�1.07.��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, 2011 [2009].
�������SECTION�1.08.��COASTAL COORDINATION COUNCIL. Section
33.211, Natural Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�33.211.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Coastal Coordination
Council is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
the council is abolished and this subchapter expires September 1,
2011 [2013].
�������SECTION�1.09.��STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR SPEECH-LANGUAGE
PATHOLOGY AND AUDIOLOGY. Section 401.002, Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�401.002.��APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The State Board of
Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology is subject to
Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued
in existence as provided by that chapter, the board is abolished and
this chapter expires September 1, 2011 [2013].
�������SECTION�1.10.��STATE COMMITTEE OF EXAMINERS IN THE FITTING
AND DISPENSING OF HEARING INSTRUMENTS. Section 402.002,
Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�402.002.��APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The State
Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing
Instruments is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that
chapter, the committee is abolished and this chapter expires
September 1, 2011 [2013].
�������SECTION�1.11.��TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. Section
201.204, Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�201.204.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Department of
Transportation 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, 2011 [2009].
�������SECTION�1.12.��TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.
Section 5.014, Water Code, is amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�5.014.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
(Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter expires
September 1, 2011 [2013].
�������SECTION�1.13.��TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD. Section
6.013, Water Code, is amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�6.013.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Water Development
Board is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code
(Texas Sunset Act), but is not abolished under that chapter. The
board shall be reviewed during the period in which state agencies
abolished in 2011 [2013] and every 12th year after 2011 [2013] are
reviewed.
�������SECTION�1.14.��RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS. (a)��Article
6445a, Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
�������Art.�6445a.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Railroad Commission of
Texas is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
the commission is abolished September 1, 2011 [2013].
�������(b)��Section 81.01001, Natural Resources Code, as added by
S.B. No. 1540, Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,
and as effective April 1, 2011, is amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�81.01001.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Railroad Commission
of Texas is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset
Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
the commission is abolished September 1, 2011 [2013].
�������SECTION�1.15.��TEXAS RACING COMMISSION. Subsection (a),
Section 18.01, Texas Racing Act (Article 179e, Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
�������(a)��The Texas Racing 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) of this section, the commission is abolished and this
Act expires September 1, 2011 [2009].
ARTICLE 2. ENTITIES GIVEN 2013 SUNSET DATE
�������SECTION�2.01.��TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY. Section 7.004,
Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�7.004.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Education Agency
is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act).
Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, the
agency is abolished September 1, 2013 [2012]. [In the review of the
agency by the Sunset Advisory Commission, as required by this
section, the sunset commission shall limit its review to the
appropriateness of recommendations made by the sunset commission to
the 79th Legislature. In the Sunset Advisory Commission's report
to the 80th Legislature, the sunset commission may include any
recommendations it considers appropriate.]
�������SECTION�2.02.��TEXAS EMANCIPATION JUNETEENTH CULTURAL AND
HISTORICAL COMMISSION. Section 448.002, Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�448.002.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Emancipation
Juneteenth Cultural and Historical 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
expires September 1, 2013 [2011].
�������SECTION�2.03.��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, 2013 [2011].
�������SECTION�2.04.��TEXAS BOARD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Section 492.012, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�492.012.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Board of
Criminal Justice and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice are
subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset Act).��Unless continued in
existence as provided by that chapter, the board and the department
are abolished September 1, 2013 [2011].
�������SECTION�2.05.��HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION.
Section 531.004, Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�531.004.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Health and Human
Services 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 expires September 1, 2013
[2011].
�������SECTION�2.06.��TAX DIVISION, STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE
HEARINGS. Subsection (b), Section 2003.102, Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
�������(b)��The Sunset Advisory Commission shall evaluate the tax
division and present to the 83rd [82nd] Legislature a report on that
evaluation and the commission's recommendations in relation to the
tax division.
�������SECTION�2.07.��TRANSFER OF PURCHASING POWERS TO THE
COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. Subsection
(b), Section 2151.0041, Government Code, and Subsection (c),
Section 2151.0041, Government Code, as amended by H.B. No. 1705,
Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, are amended to
read as follows:
�������(b)��The Sunset Advisory Commission shall evaluate the
transfer of powers and duties to the comptroller under Section
2151.004(d) and under House Bill 3560, Acts of the 80th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, and present to the 83rd [82nd]
Legislature a report on its evaluation and recommendations in
relation to the transfer. The comptroller shall perform all duties
in relation to the evaluation that a state agency subject to review
under Chapter 325 would perform in relation to a review.
�������(c)��Unless otherwise provided by the legislature by law, on
September 1, 2013 [2011]:
�������������(1)��the powers and duties transferred to the
comptroller under Section 2151.004(d) and under House Bill 3560,
Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, are
transferred to the Texas Facilities Commission;
�������������(2)��a reference in law to the comptroller relating to a
power or duty transferred under this subsection means the Texas
Facilities Commission;
�������������(3)��a rule or form adopted by the comptroller relating
to a power or duty transferred under this subsection is a rule or
form of the Texas Facilities Commission and remains in effect until
altered by the commission;
�������������(4)��all obligations, contracts, proceedings, cases,
negotiations, funds, and employees of the comptroller relating to a
power or duty transferred under this subsection are transferred to
the Texas Facilities Commission;
�������������(5)��all property and records in the custody of the
comptroller relating to a power or duty transferred under this
subsection and all funds appropriated by the legislature for
purposes related to a power or duty transferred under this
subsection are transferred to the Texas Facilities Commission; and
�������������(6)��Section 122.0011, Human Resources Code, and the
following provisions of the Government Code expire:
�������������������(A)��Sections 2151.004(c) and (d);
�������������������(B)��Section 2155.0011;
�������������������(C)��Section 2155.086;
�������������������(D)��Section 2155.087;
�������������������(E)��Section 2156.0011;
�������������������(F)��Section 2157.0011;
�������������������(G)��Section 2158.0011;
�������������������(H)��Section 2161.0011;
�������������������(I)��Section 2163.0011;
�������������������(J)��Section 2170.0011;
�������������������(K)��Section 2171.0011;
�������������������(L)��Section 2172.0011;
�������������������(M)��Section 2176.0011; and
�������������������(N)��[Section 2177.0011; and
�������������������[(O)]��Section 2262.0011.
�������SECTION�2.08.��TEXAS HEALTH SERVICES AUTHORITY. Section
182.052, Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�182.052.��APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The corporation
is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code. Unless continued in
existence as provided by that chapter, the corporation is abolished
and this chapter expires September 1, 2013 [2011]. The governor may
order the dissolution of the corporation at any time the governor
declares that the purposes of the corporation have been fulfilled
or that the corporation is inoperative or abandoned.
�������SECTION�2.09.��DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES. Section
1001.003, Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
�������Sec.�1001.003.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Department of State
Health Services is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that
chapter, the department is abolished and this chapter expires
September 1, 2013 [2011].
�������SECTION�2.10.��DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
Section 40.003, Human Resources Code, is amended to read as
follows:
�������Sec.�40.003.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Department of Family
and Protective Services is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
(Texas Sunset Act).��Unless continued in existence as provided by
that chapter, the department is abolished and this chapter expires
September 1, 2013 [2011].
�������SECTION�2.11.��TEXAS COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENTAL
DISABILITIES. Section 112.023, Human Resources Code, is amended to
read as follows:
�������Sec.�112.023.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Council for
Developmental Disabilities is subject to Chapter 325, Government
Code (Texas Sunset Act).��Unless continued in existence as provided
by that chapter, the council is abolished and this chapter expires
September 1, 2013 [2011].
�������SECTION�2.12.��GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE ON PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES. Section 115.005, Human Resources Code, is amended to
read as follows:
�������Sec.�115.005.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Governor's Committee
on People with Disabilities is subject to Chapter 325, Government
Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
by that chapter, the committee is abolished and this chapter
expires September 1, 2013 [2011].
�������SECTION�2.13.��DEPARTMENT OF ASSISTIVE AND REHABILITATIVE
SERVICES. Section 117.003, Human Resources Code, is amended to
read as follows:
�������Sec.�117.003.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Department of
Assistive and Rehabilitative Services is subject to Chapter 325,
Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
as provided by that chapter, the department is abolished and this
chapter expires September 1, 2013 [2011].
�������SECTION�2.14.��TEXAS COUNCIL ON PURCHASING FROM PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES. Section 122.006, Human Resources Code, is amended to
read as follows:
�������Sec.�122.006.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Council on
Purchasing from People with Disabilities is subject to Chapter 325,
Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence
as provided by that chapter, the council is abolished and this
chapter expires September 1, 2013 [2015].
�������SECTION�2.15.��DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES.
Section 161.003, Human Resources Code, is amended to read as
follows:
�������Sec.�161.003.��SUNSET PROVISION. The Department of Aging
and Disability Services is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
(Texas Sunset Act).��Unless continued in existence as provided by
that chapter, the department is abolished and this chapter expires
September 1, 2013 [2011].
�������SECTION�2.16.��OFFICE OF FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION
COMMISSIONER. Subsection (h), Section 21, Article 6243e, Texas
Local Fire Fighters Retirement Act (Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes),
is amended to read as follows:
�������(h)��The office of fire fighters' pension commissioner 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, 2013 [2011].
ARTICLE 3. SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION
�������SECTION�3.01.��REVIEW OF AGENCIES REVIEWED FOR THE 81ST
LEGISLATURE. For a state agency that was reviewed by the Sunset
Advisory Commission in preparation for the work of the 81st
Legislature in Regular Session and the abolition date of which was
extended to 2011, the commission, unless expressly provided
otherwise, shall limit its review of the agency in preparation for
the work of the 82nd Legislature in Regular Session to the
appropriateness of recommendations made by the commission to the
81st Legislature. In the commission's report to the 82nd
Legislature, the commission may include any recommendations it
considers appropriate. This section expires September 1, 2011.
�������SECTION�3.02.��REVIEW OF THE ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF
TEXAS. The Sunset Advisory Commission shall conduct a
special-purpose review of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas
as part of the commission's review of the Public Utility Commission
of Texas for the 82nd Legislature. The sunset commission's report
to the 82nd Legislature regarding the review must include an
assessment of the governance, management, and operating structure
of the council and the council's compliance with the duties and
requirements placed on it by the legislature and the Public Utility
Commission of Texas. The sunset commission's report under this
section may include any recommendations it considers appropriate.
The council shall pay the cost incurred by the Sunset Advisory
Commission in performing the special-purpose review of the council
under this section. The Sunset Advisory Commission shall determine
the cost of the review and submit a statement detailing the cost of
the review to the council. The council shall promptly pay the cost
of the review on receipt of the statement. This section expires
September 1, 2011.
�������SECTION�3.03.��PAYMENT FOR REVIEW OF CERTAIN ENTITIES FOR
THE 82ND LEGISLATURE. Rider No. 7, Article X, S.B. No. 1, Acts of
the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009 (the General
Appropriations Act, appropriations to the House of
Representatives, page X-3), is amended by adding Subsection c to
read as follows:
�������c.The money that an entity is required by law to pay to the
Sunset Advisory Commission to cover the costs the commission incurs
in performing a review of the entity is appropriated to the
commission for maintaining the operations of the commission. Money
appropriated to the commission under this subsection is in addition
to the aggregate amounts appropriated to the commission under
Subsection a.
ARTICLE 4. EFFECTIVE DATE
�������SECTION�4.01.��EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.
______________________________ ______________________________
���President of the Senate Speaker of the House�����
�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�2 passed the Senate on
July�1,�2009, by the following vote:��Yeas�30, Nays�0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate����
�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�2 passed the House on
July�2,�2009, by the following vote:��Yeas�146, Nays�0, one
present not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House���
Approved:
______________________________�
������������Date
______________________________�
����������Governor