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3 Document(s) [ Subject: Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas ]

Committee:	House State Affairs
Title:	Interim Report
Subjects:	Border security \| Broadband infrastructure \| Electric Reliability Council of Texas \| Electric utilities \| Electricity transmission and distribution \| Information Resources, Texas Department of \| Insurance industry \| Operation Lone Star (Border security) \| Property insurance \| Public Utility Commission of Texas \| Public Utility Counsel, Office of \| Semiconductor industry \| Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas \| Texas Panhandle \| Texas Windstorm Insurance Association \| Wildfires \| Windstorm insurance \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.88 ST29H
Session:	88th R.S. (2023)
Online version:	View report [93 pages File size: 2,200 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Monitoring: Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee’s jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 88th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure the intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following: HB 9, 88th R.S., relating to the development and funding of broadband and telecommunications services; HB 2555, 88th R.S., relating to transmission and distribution system resiliency planning by and cost recovery for electric utilities; HB 5174, 88th R.S., relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Consortium; SB 1699, 88th R.S., relating to electricity service in the ERCOT power region, including the participation of aggregated distributed energy resources in the ERCOT market; and SB 2627, 88th R.S., relating to funding mechanisms to support the construction, maintenance, modernization, and operation of electric generating facilities.
2.	Securing the Border: Conduct a review of functions and operations of state agencies involved with carrying out Operation Lone Star as they relate to securing the border and preventing transnational criminal activity. Evaluate whether agencies have sufficient resources and authority to carry out their prescribed duties. Make recommendations to increase the safety and wellbeing of personnel and efficiency of agency operations as needed.
3.	Economic Challenges Impacting Insurance Premiums: Examine the impact of current economic challenges on the escalating costs of insurance premiums, including factors contributing to the withdrawal of insurance providers from certain markets. Investigate solutions to help Texans more easily and affordably obtain property and casualty insurance coverage. Evaluate long-term strategies for shifting from state-funded insurance programs to sustainable private market alternatives.
4.	Review TWIA Funding: Review current state policy as it relates to the operation and funding of the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA), including state agency capacity to effectively oversee TWIA. Evaluate the ability of state agencies and instrumentalities to secure the seacoast region’s ability to produce energy and advance science and technology, including the role of reinsurance in maintaining economic security and ways to reduce the burden of reinsurance purchases on energy production and scientific and technological advances, while maintaining adequate coverage for policyholders.
5.	Panhandle Wildfires: Evaluate the findings and recommendations of the Investigative Committee on the Panhandle Wildfires that are within the committee’s jurisdiction and develop related legislative solutions and other actions for preventing future wildfires and improving wildfire disaster preparedness, response, and mitigation.
Committee:	House Government Organization
Title:	Interim report
Library Catalog Title:	Report of the House Committee on Government Organization : to the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives, 71st Legislature.
Subjects:	Adult Probation Commission \| Commerce, Texas Department of \| Corrections, Texas Department of \| Human Services, Texas Department of \| International trade \| Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Texas Department of \| Pardons and Paroles, Texas Board of \| Private Security Bureau, Texas \| State of Texas Mexico Office \| Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas \| Sunset review process \| Youth Commission, Texas \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.70 g746
Session:	70th R.S. (1987)
Online version:	View report [38 pages File size: 1,349 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	To monitor all activities and have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards, and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 14.
2.	To study the Department of Human Services in order to determine cost savings measures through administrative reorganization.
3.	To study and monitor the implementation of selected recommendations contained in Sunset legislation passed by the 70th Legislature to determine their administrative and operational efficiency.
Committee:	House Government Organization
Title:	Interim Report
Library Catalog Title:	Interim report to the speaker and members of the Texas House of Representatives / by the Government Organization Committee.
Subjects:	Sunset Advisory Commission, Texas \| Sunset review process \|
Library Call Number:	L1836.67 g746
Session:	67th R.S. (1981)
Online version:	View report [15 pages File size: 684 kb]
Charges:	This report should address the charges below.
1.	Monitor the efforts of the Sunset Commission in its review of agencies designated for termination in light of the Sunset Commission being a separate agency apart from the Legislative Budget Board.
2.	Monitor the results of the Sunset Commission review of state agencies implementation of Sunset legislation and evaluate actual compliance with the Sunset across-the-board approaches enacted by the 66th and 67th legislatures. In addition, review the Sunset across-the-board recommendations to determine whether they could be incorporated into a general statute.
3.	Coordinate the efforts of other House substantive standing committees having jurisdiction over those agencies under Sunset review. The result of this effort would be to develop an agenda for dealing jointly with legislation and budgetary matters of concern to both the standing committee and Government Organization Committee during the 68th Legislature.
4.	Determine the effect of the changes in the Sunset Act as incorporated in HB 542, 67th R.S., to determine if citizen input on the Commission produces desired results.

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