Bill Text: TX SB612 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the continuation and functions of the State Office of Risk Management.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-07 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB612 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB612-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 612

AN ACT
relating to the continuation and functions of the State Office of
Risk Management.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 412, Labor Code, is
amended by adding Section 412.013 to read as follows:
Sec. 412.013. REVIEW AND UPDATE OF RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
GUIDELINES. (a) In administering the guidelines for a
comprehensive risk management program under Section 412.011(b)(4),
the office must:
(1) at least biennially review the guidelines to
determine whether they are appropriate and current; and
(2) at least every five years, update the guidelines
to be consistent with up-to-date industry best practices and
current law.
(b) In updating the guidelines under Subsection (a)(2), the
office must solicit feedback from state entities concerning topics
for inclusion in the guidelines and ways for making the guidelines
more user-friendly.
SECTION 2. Section 412.021(f), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(f) The risk management board and the office are subject to
Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued
in existence as provided by that chapter, the board is abolished and
this section expires September 1, 2031 [2019].
SECTION 3. Section 412.022, Labor Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(b) The [A] training program [established under this
section] must provide the board member with information [to the
member] regarding:
(1) the law governing [enabling legislation that
created the office and] the office's operations;
(2) the programs, functions, rules, and budget of the
office;
(3) the scope of and limitations on the rulemaking
authority of the board;
(4) [(2)] the results of the most recent formal audit
of the office;
(5) [(3)] the requirements of:
(A) laws relating to open meetings, public
information, administrative procedure, and disclosing conflicts of
interest; and
(B) other laws applicable to members of a state
policymaking body in performing their duties; and
(6) [(4)] any applicable ethics policies adopted by
the office or the Texas Ethics Commission.
(d) The director of the office shall create a training
manual that includes the information required by Subsection (b).
The director shall distribute a copy of the training manual
annually to each member of the board. Each member of the board
shall sign and submit to the director a statement acknowledging
that the member received and has reviewed the training manual.
SECTION 4. Section 412.053(b), Labor Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The information shall be reported not later than the
60th day after [before] the last day of each fiscal year.
SECTION 5. Notwithstanding the time periods prescribed by
Section 412.013, Labor Code, as added by this Act, the State Office
of Risk Management shall review and update the guidelines adopted
by the risk management board under Section 412.011(b)(4), Labor
Code, not later than September 1, 2020.
SECTION 6. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of
this section, Section 412.022, Labor Code, as amended by this Act,
applies to a member of the risk management board appointed before,
on, or after the effective date of this Act.
(b) A member of the risk management board who, before the
effective date of this Act, completed the training program required
by Section 412.022, Labor Code, as that law existed before the
effective date of this Act, is required to complete additional
training only on subjects added by this Act to the training program
as required by Section 412.022, Labor Code, as amended by this Act.
A board member described by this subsection may not vote,
deliberate, or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of
the board held on or after December 1, 2019, until the member
completes the additional training.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 612 passed the Senate on
March 27, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 612 passed the House on
April 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, three
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor