Sunset Advisory Commission Invites Public Input

on the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District

The Sunset Advisory Commission is reviewing the mission and performance of the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District (BCRAGD) and welcomes public comments on ideas to improve its operations and services. The Texas Sunset Act requires the Sunset Commission to periodically review BCRAGD and recommend whether to change state law to improve the authority’s efficiency and effectiveness. The Legislature ultimately will decide whether to adopt Sunset’s statutory recommendations. The Sunset Commission also may adopt management directives for BCRAGD that do not require statutory change.

The Sunset process has three stages. First, Sunset staff will evaluate BCRAGD, seek public input, and issue a report recommending solutions to problems found. Second, the Sunset Commission will hold two public meetings: a hearing on the staff report and the agency, and a decision meeting to adopt recommendations to the Legislature based on the report and public comments. Third, the Legislature will convene in January 2023 and will consider Sunset’s statutory recommendations in a Sunset bill for BCRAGD.

Here are several ways to provide comments and suggestions to Sunset staff on BCRAGD’s mission, operations, and services:

• Send an email to sunset@sunset.texas.gov
• Submit comments online at sunset.texas.gov
• Send a letter to Sunset Advisory Commission, Attn: BCRAGD, P.O. Box 13066, Austin, Texas 78711
• Call (512) 463-1300 to speak to Robert Romig, project manager of the BCRAGD review

Please provide your comments by September 1, 2022 to ensure Sunset staff can fully consider your input while conducting their review. Comments submitted before the staff report is published in November 2022 will remain confidential.

Stay informed! Visit www.sunset.texas.gov to sign up for email alerts on the Sunset staff report and the Sunset Commission’s public meetings on BCRAGD.