On December 20, 2019, Representative Terry Canales, Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation in the Texas House of Representatives, was tapped by Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen to sit on the powerful Sunset Advisory Commission.

The Sunset Advisory Commission is comprised of five senators, five members of the House of Representatives, and two public members. Sunset conducts rigorous evaluations of each state agency or program to determine if the agency should be abolished. If the agency is needed, Sunset will evaluate nearly all of the agency's functions from top to bottom to ensure efficacy and efficiency. Each state agency has an expiration period in statute, and near the end of that period, the agency will be reviewed by the Sunset Advisory Commission.

"I feel humbled and privileged that Speaker Dennis Bonnen has appointed me to the Sunset Commission," said Chairman Canales. "The Sunset Commission is tasked with assessing our state agencies to make them lean and efficient, while providing all of the necessary services that they perform. Each legislative session, the state legislature passes legislation to clean up and renew numerous state agencies, and when those bills are scheduled for the House floor, we all know that the Commission has spent endless hours assessing every aspect of the agency's financial books and programs. I have always had a deep respect for the Sunset Commission Members because I know they work diligently to ensure Texas is operating at peak performance. I'm excited and eager to get to work and I am looking forward to continuing my commitment to all taxpayers that your tax dollars are used wisely," continued Chairman Canales.

The Sunset Commission has 131 agencies to review over the next 12 years, and on average, the Commission will evaluate 22 agencies every two years. The work of the Commission has saved taxpayers upwards of $1 billion since 1982 and has been instrumental in cleaning up governmental waste to ensure every tax dollar is stretched to its maximum.

Rep. Terry Canales, D-Edinburg, is the Chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and represents House District 40 in Hidalgo County, which includes portions or all of Edinburg, Elsa, Faysville, La Blanca, Linn, Lópezville, McAllen, Pharr and Weslaco. He may be reached at his House District Office in Edinburg at (956) 383-0860 or at the Capitol at (512) 463-0426.