HB2106 - Relating to the establishment of an advisory committee to study and provide recommendations to state agencies on ways to increase efficiency at the agencies.

  89R9166 GP-D     By: Metcalf H.B. No. 2106       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the establishment of an advisory committee to study and   provide recommendations to state agencies on ways to increase   efficiency at the agencies.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle C, Title 10, Government Code, is   amended by adding Chapter 2117 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 2117. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY           Sec.   2117.001.     ESTABLISHMENT AND NAME OF ADVISORY   COMMITTEE. (a)   An advisory committee is established to study and   make recommendations to each state agency in the executive branch   of state government on ways to increase the efficiency with which   the agency operates.           (b)     The advisory committee shall be referred to as the Texas   Department of Government Efficiency.           Sec.   2117.002.     COMPOSITION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a)   The   advisory committee is composed of the following eight members:                 (1)  two members appointed by the governor;                 (2)  two members appointed by the lieutenant governor;                 (3)     two members appointed by the speaker of the house   of representatives;                 (4)  the chair of the senate committee on finance; and                 (5)     the chair of the house committee on   appropriations.           (b)     In making appointments to the advisory committee under   Subsection (a):                 (1)  the governor may:                       (A)     appoint two public members to the committee;   or                       (B)     appoint one public member to the committee   and elect to serve as a member of the committee;                 (2)  the lieutenant governor may:                       (A)     appoint two public members to the committee;   or                       (B)     appoint one public member to the committee   and:                             (i)     elect to serve as a member of the   committee; or                             (ii)     appoint a member of the senate to the   committee; and                 (3)  the speaker of the house of representatives may:                       (A)     appoint two public members to the committee;   or                       (B)     appoint one public member to the committee   and:                             (i)     elect to serve as a member of the   committee; or                             (ii)     appoint another member of the house of   representatives to the committee.           Sec.   2117.003.     TERMS; VACANCY. (a) Members of the advisory   committee serve two-year terms.           (b)     A vacancy on the advisory committee shall be filled in   the same manner as the original appointment. A member appointed to   fill a vacancy on the committee shall serve for the remainder of the   unexpired term.           Sec.   2117.004.     PRESIDING OFFICER. (a) If the governor   serves as a member of the advisory committee, the governor is the   presiding officer of the committee.           (b)     If the governor is not a member of the advisory   committee, the governor shall appoint one member of the committee   to serve as the committee's presiding officer.           (c)     The presiding officer of the advisory committee serves a   two-year term.           Sec.   2117.005.     MEETINGS. The advisory committee shall meet   at the call of the committee's presiding officer.           Sec.   2117.006.     REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES. Members of the   advisory committee serve without compensation but are entitled to   reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in   performing official duties under this chapter.           Sec.   2117.007.     PURPOSE OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The advisory   committee is established to:                 (1)     study the operation of each state agency in   accordance with a schedule adopted by the committee to identify   ways to increase the efficiency with which the agency operates;                 (2)     recommend to each state agency that is the subject   of a study described by Subdivision (1) ways of increasing the   agency's operational efficiency identified by the committee during   the study; and                 (3)     prepare and submit the report required by Section   2117.008.           Sec.   2117.008.     ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT. Not later than   December 1 of each even-numbered year, the advisory committee shall   prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and   each member of the legislature a report that includes:                 (1)     the name of each state agency studied by the   committee under Section 2117.007(1) during the two-year period   preceding the date of the report and the recommendations made to   each of those agencies under Section 2117.007(2); and                 (2)     any proposed legislation prepared by the committee   related to the information described by Subdivision (1) or any   other matter the committee determines is relevant to the efficient   operation of state agencies.           Sec.   2117.009.     APPLICATION OF OTHER LAW. Chapter 2110 does   not apply to the advisory committee.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.