By Counts H.B. No. 876 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the training requirements for members of governing 1-3 boards of state agencies. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Title 110A, Revised Statutes, is amended by 1-6 adding Article 6252-9g to read as follows: 1-7 Art. 6252-9g. TRAINING AND GUIDELINES FOR MEMBERS OF STATE 1-8 AGENCY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. (a) In this article: 1-9 (1) "Governing board" means the governing body of a 1-10 state agency. 1-11 (2) "State agency" means a department, commission, 1-12 board, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state 1-13 government, created under the constitution or a statute, whose 1-14 authority is statewide. 1-15 (b) The governor's office by rule shall establish for each 1-16 state agency: 1-17 (1) a training program for members of the governing 1-18 board, administered by the professional staff of the state agency, 1-19 including the state agency's legal counsel, and by representatives 1-20 from the office of the attorney general and the Texas Ethics 1-21 Commission; and 1-22 (2) an advisory committee, to develop training 1-23 guidelines, that includes representatives of those licensed by the 2-1 state agency if the state agency engages in licensing. 2-2 (c) Before a member of a governing board may assume office, 2-3 the member shall attend at least one training session administered 2-4 as provided by Subsection (b)(1) to receive information relating 2-5 to, as applicable: 2-6 (1) the enabling legislation that created the state 2-7 agency; 2-8 (2) the programs the state agency operates; 2-9 (3) the role and function of the state agency; 2-10 (4) the rules and regulations of the state agency with 2-11 an emphasis on those relating to disciplinary and investigative 2-12 authority; 2-13 (5) the current budget for the state agency; 2-14 (6) the results of the most recent formal audit of the 2-15 state agency; 2-16 (7) the requirements of the open meetings law, Chapter 2-17 271, Acts of the 60th Legislature, Regular Session, 1967 (Article 2-18 6252-17, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), and the open records law, 2-19 Chapter 424, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973 2-20 (Article 6252-17a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); 2-21 (8) the requirements of conflict of interest laws and 2-22 other laws relating to public officials; and 2-23 (9) any applicable ethics policies adopted by the 2-24 state agency or the Texas Ethics Commission. 2-25 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 3-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 3-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is here by 3-6 suspended.