Sunset Advisory Commission Invites Public Input on the San Antonio River Authority

The Sunset Advisory Commission is reviewing the mission and performance of the San Antonio River Authority (River Authority) and welcomes public comments on ideas to improve its operations and services. The Texas Sunset Act requires the Sunset Commission to periodically review the River Authority 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 the River Authority that do not require statutory change.

The Sunset process has three stages. First, Sunset staff will evaluate the River Authority, 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 the San Antonio River Authority.

Here are several ways to provide comments and suggestions to Sunset staff on the San Antonio River Authority’s mission, operations, and services:

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

Comments submitted before the staff report is published in March 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 the San Antonio River Authority.