Texas. Sunset Advisory Commission

The Texas Sunset Advisory Commission was created by the Texas Sunset Act, Senate Bill 54, 65th Legislature, Regular Session, in 1977. The Sunset Act is a comprehensive law that provides for automatic termination of state agencies that have a date for review or abolishment set in statute. The act forces the state government to evaluate its activities periodically and to abolish, or to allow the sun to set on, inefficient or unnecessary operations. Agencies subject to the act must periodically prove to the legislature, through the commission's review process, that they provide a necessary service in an effective manner. If the legislature does not pass a law to recreate the agency before its expiration date, the agency is abolished.

The Sunset Advisory Commission reviews all agencies scheduled for termination in a particular year by gathering self-evaluation reports from the agencies, conducting public hearings, and preparing reports to the legislature with recommendations to continue or abolish the agencies. If the commission recommends continuing an agency, it must also provide draft legislation that continues the agency's operations and corrects any problems identified during the review.

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