SB 2212

relating to the efficient operations of agencies in the legislative
branch of state government and the repeal of certain obsolete
provisions involving those agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 6, Article 38.01, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 6.  ASSISTANCE.  The [Texas Legislative Council, the
Legislative Budget Board, and The] University of Texas at Austin
shall assist the commission in performing the commission's duties.
SECTION 2.  Section 323.007, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d)  The council shall give priority to preparing drafts of
proposed legislation over the duties provided by this section
during a regular or called legislative session and during the 120
days before the first day of a regular legislative session.
(e)  The council shall conduct a study of best practices for
incorporating nonsubstantive additions to, revisions of, and
corrections in enacted codes into statutory publications following
a legislative session.  In conducting the study, the council shall
examine the procedures used by other states and seek the input of
legal professionals and commercial publishers of Texas codes.  The
council shall prepare a report of the findings of the study for the
90th Legislature and publish the report on the council's Internet
website.  This subsection expires September 1, 2027.
SECTION 3.  Section 324.001(4), Government Code, is amended
(4)  "Legislative entity" means a member of the
legislature, the lieutenant governor, an officer of the house or
senate, [or] a legislative committee, department, or office, or
[but does not include] a legislative agency created by Subtitle C,
SECTION 4.  Sections 441.180(6-a) and (9), Government Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(6-a)  "Legislative record" has the meaning assigned by
Section 324.001 [means any record created or received by the office
of a member of the legislature or the lieutenant governor during the
(A)  any department, commission, board, office,
or other agency in the executive [, legislative,] or judicial
branch of state government created by the constitution or a statute
of this state and includes an eleemosynary institution [but does
not include the office of a member of the legislature or the
(B)  any university system and its components and
any institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003,
Education Code, except a public junior college, not governed by a
(C)  the Texas Municipal Retirement System and the
Texas County and District Retirement System; and
(D)  any public nonprofit corporation created by
the legislature whose responsibilities and authority are not
limited to a geographical area less than that of the state.
SECTION 5.  Section 2052.205(a), Government Code, is amended
(a)  A state agency shall send to the Legislative Reference
Library three paper [five] copies and one electronic copy of each
publication that it distributes, including a report required by law
to be distributed to the library.  The electronic copy must be in a
format described by Section 2052.0021(c).
SECTION 6.  The following provisions of the Government Code
(2)  Section 324.0085, as added by Chapter 533 (H.B.
1962), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019;
SECTION 7.  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.