Quorum Report: TRCC phased out under the state’s Sunset |
Friday, 22 May 2009 |
HEGAR SAYS HE'S INCLINED TO LET TRCC BE PHASED OUT
The agency's sunset bill is dead and is now unlikely to be included in the catch-all bill.Sen. Glenn Hegar told reporters that heâs inclined to allow the Texas Residential Construction Commission to be phased out under the stateâs Sunset process because lawmakers were unable to reach a compromise on how to keep the agency functioning.Hegar, a Katy Republican, is carrying the catch-all Sunset bill thatâs pending in the Senate to cover those agencies whose Sunset bills die during the waning stages of the session. The TRCC Sunset bill did not get a hearing in the Senate Business and Commerce Committee.âIt is my inclination at this point in time, and the members have pretty well spoken, that we do a systematic wind down of the agency under the provisions of the Sunset Act,â Hegar said during a brief chat at the Senate press table during a break in the floor action.Hegar said heâs still talking with Rep. Ruth McClendon Jones (D-San Antonio), whoâs the House sponsor of the catch-all bill, but his mind is just about made up not include TRCC in the measure.If the measure is not included, it would appear that the only way to save the agency would in conference committee, he said. But that would require the panel to go outside the bounds. By John Moritz
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