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A Review of Implementation of Sunset Advisory Commission Management Actions
at 13 State Agencies
August 2002
Report Number 02-067
Overall Conclusion
Thirteen state agencies have fully or partially implemented all but one of the non-statutory recommendations (management actions) included in the Sunset Advisory Commission Report to the 77th Legislature. Of 65 management actions, 1 was not implemented, 29 were partially implemented, and 35 were fully implemented. Texas Government Code, Section 325.012(b), requires the State Auditor's Office to report on the manner in which agencies have implemented all management actions that the Sunset Advisory Commission (Sunset) recommends.
Key Facts and Findings
The Natural Resource Conservation Commission (Commission) did not implement
Sunset's management action to consolidate the Commission's air fee auditors
with its compliance and evaluation auditors. Sunset recommended this management
action to prevent the potential appearance of a conflict of interest resulting
from the Commission's current practice of placing air fee auditors within the
program that administers air fees. The Commission asserts that it cannot combine
the air fee auditors with the compliance and evaluation auditors because the
two groups have separate and distinct functions.
Seven agencies partially implemented 29 management actions. Overall, agencies
made good faith efforts toward implementing these management actions. Management
actions were partially implemented for three primary reasons: (1) agencies'
boards or commissions had not yet approved a rule change or internal policy,
(2) agencies were still researching and analyzing information, and (3) agencies
had not implemented all of the recommendations associated with a single management
action. The seven agencies that had partially implemented management actions
included the following:
- Natural Resource Conservation Commission
- Department of Information Resources
- Parks and Wildlife Department
- Railroad Commission
- Securities Board
- Texas Building and Procurement Commission (This agency was created in 2001 and assumed most of the General Services Commission's responsibilities.)
- Water Development Board
The following six agencies fully implemented all of Sunset's management actions:
- Aircraft Pooling Board
- Coastal Coordination Council
- Funeral Service Commission
- Savings and Loan Department
- Soil and Water Conservation Board
- State Commission on Judicial Conduct
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