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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the governor's broadband development |
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council. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 490H.002(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The council is composed of one nonvoting member |
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appointed by the broadband development office and the following |
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voting members appointed by the governor: |
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(1) two representatives of separate Internet service |
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provider industry associations, including at least one |
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representative of an association that primarily represents small |
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providers, as defined by Section 56.032, Utilities Code; |
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(2) one representative of the health information |
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technology industry; |
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(3) two representatives of unaffiliated nonprofit |
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organizations that advocate for elderly persons statewide; |
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(4) two representatives of unaffiliated nonprofit |
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organizations that have a demonstrated history of working with the |
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legislature and the public to identify solutions for expanding |
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broadband to rural, unserved areas of this state; |
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(5) one representative of an agricultural advocacy |
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organization in this state; |
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(6) one representative of a hospital advocacy |
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organization in this state; |
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(7) one representative of a medical advocacy |
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organization in this state; |
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(8) one county official who serves in an elected |
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office of a county with a population of less than 35,000; |
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(8-a) one county clerk of a county with a population of |
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less than 60,000; |
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(8-b) one sheriff of a county with a population of less |
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than 60,000; |
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(9) one municipal official who serves in an elected |
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office of a municipality with a population of less than 20,000 |
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located in a county with a population of less than 60,000; |
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(10) one representative of an institution of higher |
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education that has its main campus in a county with a population of |
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less than 60,000; |
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(11) one representative of a school district with a |
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territory that includes only counties with a population of less |
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than 60,000; |
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(12) one representative from a library association; |
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(13) one hospital administrator employed by a licensed |
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hospital located in a county with a population of less than 60,000; |
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(14) one representative from an electric cooperative |
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providing broadband; |
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(15) one representative of a school district with a |
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territory that includes all or part of a county with a population of |
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more than 500,000; [and] |
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(16) one representative of a nonprofit organization |
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that has a demonstrated history of facilitating broadband adoption |
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by offering digital literacy training or providing access to |
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broadband technology; and |
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(17) one representative from a federally recognized |
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Indian tribe that is listed on the annual list of Indian tribes |
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published by the United States secretary of the interior as |
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required under 25 U.S.C. Section 5131 and that has tribal land in |
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this state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |