85R3417 JXC-F     By: Phillips H.B. No. 642       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the name of the Railroad Commission of Texas.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 81.001, Natural Resources Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 81.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:                (1)  "Commission" means the Texas Energy [Railroad]   Commission [of Texas].                (2)  "Commissioner" means any member of the Texas   Energy [Railroad] Commission [of Texas].          SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 81, Natural Resources   Code, is amended by adding Section 81.003 to read as follows:          Sec. 81.003.  TEXAS ENERGY COMMISSION.  (a)  The Railroad   Commission of Texas is renamed the Texas Energy Commission.          (b)  A reference in law to the Railroad Commission of Texas   means the Texas Energy Commission.          SECTION 3.  (a) On the effective date of this Act:                (1)  the name of the Railroad Commission of Texas is   changed to the Texas Energy Commission, and all powers, duties,   rights, and obligations of the Railroad Commission of Texas are the   powers, duties, rights, and obligations of the Texas Energy   Commission;                (2)  a member of the Railroad Commission of Texas is a   member of the Texas Energy Commission; and                (3)  any appropriation to the Railroad Commission of   Texas is an appropriation to the Texas Energy Commission.          (b)  On and after the effective date of this Act, a reference   in law to the Railroad Commission of Texas is a reference to the   Texas Energy Commission.          (c)  The Texas Energy Commission is the agency formerly known   as the Railroad Commission of Texas in all respects.  All personnel,   equipment, data, documents, facilities, contracts, items, other   property, rules, decisions, and proceedings of or involving the   Railroad Commission of Texas are unaffected by the change in the   name of the agency.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect on the date on which the   constitutional amendment proposed by the 85th Legislature, Regular   Session, 2017, changing the name of the Railroad Commission of   Texas to the Texas Energy Commission and mandating that there be   such an agency takes effect.  If that amendment is not approved by   the voters, this Act has no effect.