Bill Text: TX HB1788 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the name of the Railroad Commission of Texas.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-27 - Left pending in committee [HB1788 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1788-Introduced.html
| By: Dale | H.B. No. 1788 | |
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| relating to the name of the Railroad Commission of Texas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 81, Natural Resources | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 81. TEXAS ENERGY [ |
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| SECTION 2. 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 [ |
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| (2) "Commissioner" means any member of the commission | ||
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| SECTION 3. 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: | ||
| (1) the Railroad Commission of Texas means the Texas | ||
| Energy Commission; and | ||
| (2) a railroad commissioner or a member of the | ||
| Railroad Commission of Texas means a member of the Texas Energy | ||
| Commission. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 81.01001, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 81.01001. SUNSET PROVISION. The Texas Energy | ||
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| Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence | ||
| as provided by that chapter, the commission is abolished September | ||
| 1, 2013. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 81.01005, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 81.01005. NAME AND SEAL. (a) The commissioners are | ||
| known collectively as the "Texas Energy [ |
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| (b) The seal of the commission contains a star of five | ||
| points with the words "Texas Energy [ |
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| SECTION 6. The heading to Section 81.0521, Natural | ||
| Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 81.0521. FEE FOR APPLICATION FOR EXCEPTION TO | ||
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| SECTION 7. Section 52.092(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
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| (c) Statewide offices of the state government shall be | ||
| listed in the following order: | ||
| (1) governor; | ||
| (2) lieutenant governor; | ||
| (3) attorney general; | ||
| (4) comptroller of public accounts; | ||
| (5) commissioner of the General Land Office; | ||
| (6) commissioner of agriculture; | ||
| (7) energy [ |
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| (8) chief justice, supreme court; | ||
| (9) justice, supreme court; | ||
| (10) presiding judge, court of criminal appeals; | ||
| (11) judge, court of criminal appeals. | ||
| SECTION 8. (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; | ||
| (3) the chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas | ||
| is the chairman of the Texas Energy Commission; and | ||
| (4) any appropriation to the Railroad Commission of | ||
| Texas is an appropriation to the Texas Energy Commission. | ||
| (b) On the effective date of this Act: | ||
| (1) a reference in law to the Railroad Commission of | ||
| Texas is a reference to the Texas Energy Commission; and | ||
| (2) a reference in law to a railroad commissioner or a | ||
| member of the Railroad Commission of Texas is a reference to a | ||
| member of the Texas Energy Commission. | ||
| (c) The Texas Energy Commission is the successor to 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 9. This Act takes effect on the date on which the | ||
| constitutional amendment proposed by the 83rd Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2013, to rename the Railroad Commission of Texas as the | ||
| Texas Energy Commission takes effect | ||
| . If that amendment is not | ||
| approved by the voters, this Act has no effect. | ||
