85R8215 MCK-D     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.