88(R) SB 1400 - Introduced version - Bill Text
  88R8852 LRM-D
 
  By:  Springer, et al. S.B.  No.  1400
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
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.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Government Code 751.003, Government Code 751.005 (Government Code 751)