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  By: Meyer H.B. No. 1387
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the membership, powers, and duties of the Sunset
  Advisory Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Section 325.0025 to read as follows:
         Sec. 325.0025.  PURPOSE OF SUNSET ADVISORY COMMISSION. The
  primary purpose of the commission is to review state agencies to
  evaluate the need for the agency and determine whether the agency or
  the agency's functions should be abolished or consolidated in
  order to reduce the cost of state government operations.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 325.003(a) and (j), Government Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The Sunset Advisory Commission consists of five members
  of the senate and two [one] public members [member] appointed by the
  lieutenant governor, [and] five members of the house of
  representatives and two [one] public members [member] appointed by
  the speaker of the house, and one public member appointed by the
  governor who may only vote on the commission's recommendations that
  do not require a statutory change. The lieutenant governor and the
  speaker of the house may serve as one of the legislative appointees.
         (j)  Eight [Seven] members of the commission constitute a
  quorum. A final action or recommendation may not be made unless
  approved by a record vote of a majority of members appointed by the
  lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house. All other actions
  by the commission shall be decided by a majority of the members
  present and voting.
         SECTION 3.  Section 325.015(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  During the regular session immediately before the
  abolition of a state agency and its [or an] advisory committees 
  [committee] that are [is] subject to this chapter, the legislature
  by law may continue the agency and any [or] advisory committee of
  the agency for a period not to exceed:
               (1)  eight years for an agency and any advisory
  committee of the agency if the agency has 200 or more full-time
  equivalent employees; and
               (2)  10 [12] years for an agency and any advisory
  committee of the agency if the agency has less than 200 full-time
  equivalent employees.
         SECTION 4.  The governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker
  of the house of representatives, as soon as possible after the
  effective date of this Act, shall appoint public members to serve
  initial terms on the Sunset Advisory Commission under Section
  325.003, Government Code, as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.