Texas Government Code Title 3, Chapter 325 - Sunset Law
- Texas Section 325.001 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the Texas Sunset Act. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
- Texas Section 325.002 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "State agency" means an agency expressly made subject to this chapter. (A) Redesignated by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec....
- Texas Section 325.003 - Sunset Advisory Commission
(a) The Sunset Advisory Commission consists of five members of the senate and one public member appointed by the lieutenant governor and five members of...
- Texas Section 325.004 - Staff
(a) The commission shall employ an executive director to act as the executive head of the commission. (b) The executive director shall employ persons necessary...
- Texas Section 325.005 - Rules
The commission shall adopt rules necessary to carry out this chapter. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 479, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
- Texas Section 325.007 - Agency Report To Commission
(a) Before September 1 of the odd-numbered year before the year in which a state agency subject to this chapter is abolished, the agency shall...
- Texas Section 325.0075 - Reporting Requirements Of Agency Being Reviewed
Before September 1 of the odd-numbered year before the year in which a state agency subject to this chapter is abolished, the agency shall submit...
- Texas Section 325.008 - Commission Duties
(a) Before January 1 of the year in which a state agency subject to this chapter and its advisory committees are abolished, the commission shall:...
- Texas Section 325.009 - Public Hearings
(a) Before February 1 of the year a state agency subject to this chapter and its advisory committees are abolished, the commission shall conduct public...
- Texas Section 325.010 - Commission Report
(a) At each regular legislative session, the commission shall present to the legislature and the governor a report on the agencies and advisory committees reviewed....
- Texas Section 325.011 - Criteria For Review
The commission and its staff shall consider the following criteria in determining whether a public need exists for the continuation of a state agency or...
- Texas Section 325.0115 - Criteria For Review Of Certain Agencies
(a) In this section: (1) "License" means a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other form of authorization required by law or a state agency rule...
- Texas Section 325.012 - Recommendations
(a) In its report on a state agency, the commission shall: (1) make recommendations on the abolition, continuation, or reorganization of each affected state agency...
- Texas Section 325.0123 - Review Of Certain Agencies For Respectful Language
(a) As part of its review of a health and human services agency, the commission shall consider and make recommendations regarding the statutory revisions necessary...
- Texas Section 325.0125 - Review Of Certain Agencies
(a) In the two-year period preceding the date scheduled for the abolition of a state agency under this chapter, the commission may exempt certain agencies...
- Texas Section 325.0126 - Monitoring Of Recommendations
During each legislative session, the staff of the commission shall monitor legislation affecting agencies that have undergone sunset review and shall periodically report to the...
- Texas Section 325.0127 - Cost Of Review
(a) In this section, "self-directed semi-independent agency" means a state agency that has status as a self-directed semi-independent agency under the Self-Directed Semi-Independent Agency Project...
- Texas Section 325.013 - Abolition Of Advisory Committees
An advisory committee, the primary function of which is to advise a particular state agency, is abolished on the date set for abolition of the...
- Texas Section 325.015 - Continuation By Law
(a) During the regular session immediately before the abolition of a state agency or an advisory committee that is subject to this chapter, the legislature...
- Texas Section 325.017 - Procedure After Termination
(a) A state agency that is abolished in an odd-numbered year may continue in existence until September 1 of the following year to conclude its...
- Texas Section 325.018 - Subpoena Power
(a) The commission may issue process to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, records, papers, and other objects necessary or proper...
- Texas Section 325.019 - Assistance Of And Access To State Agencies
(a) The commission may request the assistance of state agencies and officers. When assistance is requested, a state agency or officer shall assist the commission....
- Texas Section 325.0195 - Records Protected From Disclosure
(a) A working paper, including all documentary or other information, prepared or maintained by the commission staff in performing its duties under this chapter or...
- Texas Section 325.020 - Relocation Of Employees
If an employee is displaced because a state agency or its advisory committee is abolished, reorganized, or continued, the state agency and the Texas Workforce...
- Texas Section 325.021 - Saving Provision
Except as otherwise expressly provided, abolition of a state agency does not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred, civil or criminal...
- Texas Section 325.022 - Review Of Proposed Legislation Creating An Agency
(a) Each bill filed in a house of the legislature that would create a new state agency or a new advisory committee to a state...
- Texas Section 325.023 - Review Of Proposed Legislation Regulating An Occupation
(a) Not later than December 31 of an odd-numbered year, a member of the legislature may submit proposed legislation that would create an occupational licensing...
- Texas Section 325.024 - Gifts And Grants
(a) The commission may accept gifts, grants, and donations from any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code for the purpose of...
- Texas Section 325.025 - River Authorities Subject To Review
(a) A river authority listed in Subsection (b) is subject to a limited review under this chapter as if it were a state agency but...
Last modified: September 28, 2016