Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1418 amends the enabling statutes of 11 state government bodies to replace, in each case, a specified senate committee chair with a senator appointed by the lieutenant governor as a member of the body. The changes affect the Legislative Budget Board, Texas Legislative Council, Legislative Audit Committee, Legislative Library Board, Electric Utility Restructuring Legislative Oversight Committee, Texas Judicial Council, Task Force on Indigent Defense, Agriculture Policy Board, Texas Strategic Military Planning Commission, Texas Emissions Reduction Plan Advisory Board, and Oil-Field Cleanup Fund Advisory Committee. The bill requires that one of the two senators on the Texas Judicial Council be designated to serve on the Task Force on Indigent Defense. It provides for the lieutenant governor to designate which of three senators on the Electric Utility Restructuring Legislative Oversight Committee is to serve as joint chair, and provides that the senator appointed to the Texas Strategic Military Planning Commission serves at the lieutenant governor's pleasure.