HBA-TYH H.B. 2954 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2954
By: Gray
State Affairs
5/2/1999
Committee Report (Amended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under the Sunset review process, state agencies are, on the average,
reviewed every twelve years to determine whether or not policies and
services carried out by an agency continue to be necessary. Occasionally,
an agency will need to be reviewed earlier or later, necessitating a change
in the agency's sunset date in statute.  H.B. 2954 affects the Sunset
review of three agencies the TexasIsrael Exchange Fund Board, the Texas
Emancipation Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission, and the State
Law Library. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 45.006(i), Agriculture Code, to provide that the
Texas-Israel Exchange Fund Board is abolished and this chapter expires
September 1, 2007, rather than 2001, unless continued in existence by the
Sunset Advisory Commission. 

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 448.002, Government Code, to provide that the
Texas Emancipation Juneteenth Cultural and Historical Commission is
abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2007, rather than 2001,
unless continued in existence by the Sunset Advisory Commission. 

SECTION 3.  Repealer: Section 91.008 (Sunset Provision), Government Code.
Section 91.008 subjects the State Law Library to the Texas Sunset Act. 

SECTION 4.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 5.  Emergency clause.

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENTS

Committee Amendment #1 adds a new SECTION 4, as follows:

SECTION 4.  Amends Section 74.127(a), Agriculture Code, to provide that the
board of directors of the official cotton growers' boll weevil eradication
foundation is abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2007, rather
than 2003, unless continued in existence by the Sunset Advisory Commission. 

Committee Amendment #1 renumbers the subsequent SECTIONS accordingly.

Committee amendment #2 adds new SECTIONS ___ & ___, as follows:

SECTION ___.  Amends Section (Article) 4566-1.02(i), V.T.C.S., to provide
that the State Committee of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of
Hearing Instruments is abolished and this chapter expires September 1,
2001, rather than 2005, unless continued in existence by the Sunset
Advisory Commission. 
 
SECTION ___.  Amends Section (Article) 4512j, Section 22, V.T.C.S., to
provide that the State Board for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology is
abolished and this chapter expires September 1, 2001, rather than 2005,
unless continued in existence by the Sunset Advisory Commission. 

Committee amendment #2 renumbers the subsequent SECTIONS appropriately.