A Non-Audit Service
A Report on the Self-reported Implementation of Sunset Advisory Commission Management Actions
November 2018
Summary Analysis
The State Auditor’s Office (Office) has obtained the following entities’ self-reported implementation status for 121 non-statutory recommendations (management actions) in the Sunset Advisory Commission Report to the 85th Legislature:
- Board of Chiropractic Examiners
- Board of Pharmacy
- Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners
- Commission on Environmental Quality
- Department of Licensing and Regulation
- Employees Retirement System
- Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners
- Optometry Board
- Palo Duro Water District
- Railroad Commission
- State Bar of Texas
- Sulphur River Basin Authority
- Texas Board of Nursing
- Texas Department of Transportation
- Texas State Board of Dental Examiners
- Upper Colorado River Authority
The entities reported to the Office that on or before August 13, 2018 (percentages do not sum precisely due to rounding):
- They had fully implemented 83 (68.6 percent) of the 121 management actions.
- They had substantially implemented 17 (14.0 percent) of the 121 management actions.
- The implementation of 20 (16.5 percent) of the 121 management actions was incomplete or ongoing.
- The implementation of 1 (0.8 percent) of the 121 management actions became unnecessary due to a change in statute.
For the purposes of this project, auditors followed up on the implementation status of 50 selected management actions that 13 entities reported as fully implemented and that the Sunset Advisory Commission rated as having either a high or medium priority. Those management actions were directed to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners; the Board of Pharmacy; the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; the Department of Licensing and Regulation; the Employees Retirement System; the Optometry Board; the Palo Duro Water District; the Railroad Commission; the State Bar of Texas; the Sulphur River Basin Authority; the Texas Board of Nursing; the Texas Department of Transportation; and the Upper Colorado River Authority.
Auditors verified that 42 of those management actions were fully implemented, 3 were substantially implemented, and 5 were incomplete/ongoing. Table 1 in the report summarizes the implementation status the State Auditor’s Office determined for those 50 management actions. Table 2 in the report summarizes the self-reported implementation status of all of the management actions at the entities included in this report.
Table 1 shows the implementation status that the State Auditor’s Office determined for the 50 nonstatutory recommendations (management actions) selected and reviewed from the Sunset Advisory Commission Report to the 85th Legislature. Those management actions were directed to the Board of Chiropractic Examiners; the Board of Pharmacy; the Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; the Department of Licensing and Regulation; the Employees Retirement System; the Optometry Board; the Palo Duro Water District; the Railroad Commission; the State Bar of Texas; the Sulphur River Basin Authority; the Texas Board of Nursing; the Texas Department of Transportation; and the Upper Colorado River Authority. Those agencies reported that the 50 management actions had been fully implemented as of August 13, 2018. In Table 1, if the implementation status was determined to not be fully implemented, auditor comments explain the reasoning for that determination. For those management actions with no comment, auditors determined that the management action was fully implemented.
Table 2 presents information on the entities’ self-reported status of implementation of management actions in the Sunset Advisory Commission Report to the 85th Legislature. The State Auditor’s Office requested that the entities provide their responses in August 2018. As a result of auditor testing, some entities updated implementation dates and/or comments.
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