H.B. No. 1550

	AN ACT
	relating to the continuation and functions of the Office of
	State-Federal Relations.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 751.003, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 751.003.  SUNSET PROVISION. The Office of
	State-Federal Relations is subject to Chapter 325 (Texas Sunset
	Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,
	the office is abolished [and this chapter expires] September 1,
	2035 [2023].
	SECTION 2.  Section 751.005, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
	follows:
	(b)  The office shall:
	(1)  help coordinate state and federal programs dealing
	with the same subject;
	(2)  inform the governor and the legislature of federal
	programs that may be carried out in the state or that affect state
	programs;
	(3)  provide federal agencies and the United States
	Congress with information about state policy and state conditions
	on matters that concern the federal government;
	(4)  provide the legislature with information useful in
	measuring the effect of federal actions on the state and local
	programs;
	(5)  prepare and supply to the governor and all members
	of the legislature an annual report that:
	(A)  describes the office's operations;
	(B)  contains the office's priorities and
	strategies for the following year;
	(C)  details projects and legislation pursued by
	the office; and
	(D)  discusses issues in the following
	congressional session of interest to this state; [and
	[(E)  contains an analysis of federal funds
	availability and formulae;]
	(6)  notify the governor, the lieutenant governor, the
	speaker of the house of representatives, and the legislative
	standing committees in each house with primary jurisdiction over
	intergovernmental affairs of federal activities relevant to the
	state and inform the Texas congressional delegation of state
	activities;
	(7)  conduct frequent conference calls with the
	lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives
	or their designees regarding state-federal relations and programs;
	(8)  respond to requests for information from the
	legislature, the United States Congress, and federal agencies;
	(9)  coordinate with the Legislative Budget Board
	regarding the effects of federal funding on the state budget; and
	(10)  report to, and on request send appropriate
	representatives to appear before, the legislative standing
	committees in each house with primary jurisdiction over
	intergovernmental affairs.
	(f)  The office shall post the report required under
	Subsection (b)(5) to the office's publicly accessible Internet
	website.
	SECTION 3.  The following provisions of the Government Code
	are repealed:
	(1)  the heading to Subchapter A, Chapter 751; and
	(2)  Subchapter B, Chapter 751.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1550 was passed by the House on April
	14, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1550 was passed by the Senate on May
	15, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor