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Senate Bill 202 |
Senate Author: Huffman et al. |
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Effective: 8-26-13 |
House Sponsor: Price et al. |
Senate Bill 202 amends the Government Code to continue the Texas Commission on the Arts until September 1, 2025. The bill decreases the number of commission members from 17 to nine and specifies the positions that are to be abolished in order to accomplish that reduction. The bill requires the commission members to represent a diverse cross-section of the fields of the arts, rather than all fields of the arts, establishes that members serve staggered terms of six years, and sets out certain criteria for the governor's future appointment of commission members. The bill authorizes the commission to award grants in accordance with the commission's mission to advance the state economically and culturally by investing in the arts in Texas.