Texas Sunset Act

This act creates a standing legislative commission charged with periodically reviewing state agencies to determine whether each should continue to exist, and it provides that an agency under review is abolished unless it is affirmatively continued by law. The commission is given staff, rulemaking authority, subpoena power, and access to agency records; agencies under review must report on their operations, and the commission holds public hearings, evaluates each agency against statutory criteria, issues a report with recommendations, and monitors whether those recommendations are carried out. The act also governs what follows a termination — winding down the agency's affairs, relocating employees, and preserving rights already established — and assigns the commission a role in reviewing proposed legislation that would create a new agency or regulate an occupation.

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