By Alexander H.B. No. 3716
76R11588 WP-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the authority to establish transportation advisory
1-3 committees.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
1-6 is amended by adding Section 201.113 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 201.113. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The commission may
1-8 establish advisory committees to advise the department on any
1-9 matter under the jurisdiction of the department.
1-10 (b) Section 2110.005, Government Code, does not apply to an
1-11 advisory committee established under this section if the advisory
1-12 committee is:
1-13 (1) established for a specific and immediate need; and
1-14 (2) dissolved before the first anniversary of the date
1-15 the committee is created.
1-16 (c) A member of an advisory committee established under this
1-17 section may not receive compensation for serving on the committee
1-18 but is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred
1-19 in performing the member's duties.
1-20 SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 361, Transportation Code,
1-21 is amended by adding Section 361.056 to read as follows:
1-22 Sec. 361.056. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The board may
1-23 establish advisory committees to advise the authority on any matter
1-24 under the jurisdiction of the authority.
2-1 (b) Section 2110.005, Government Code, does not apply to an
2-2 advisory committee established under this section if the advisory
2-3 committee is:
2-4 (1) established for a specific and immediate need; and
2-5 (2) dissolved before the first anniversary of the date
2-6 the committee is created.
2-7 (c) A member of an advisory committee established under this
2-8 section may not receive compensation for serving on the committee
2-9 but is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred
2-10 in performing the member's duties.
2-11 SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Texas Motor Vehicle Commission Code
2-12 (Article 4413(36), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by
2-13 adding Section 2.14 to read as follows:
2-14 Sec. 2.14. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The board may
2-15 establish advisory committees to advise the board on any matter
2-16 under the jurisdiction of the board.
2-17 (b) Section 2110.005, Government Code, does not apply to an
2-18 advisory committee established under this section if the advisory
2-19 committee is:
2-20 (1) established for a specific and immediate need; and
2-21 (2) dissolved before the first anniversary of the date
2-22 the committee is created.
2-23 (c) A member of an advisory committee established under this
2-24 section may not receive compensation for serving on the committee
2-25 but is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred
2-26 in performing the member's duties.
2-27 SECTION 4. Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, is amended by
3-1 adding Section 12 to read as follows:
3-2 Sec. 12. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The authority may
3-3 establish advisory committees the authority considers necessary and
3-4 may determine the appropriate membership for each committee.
3-5 (b) The authority shall specify:
3-6 (1) the purpose and duties of any advisory committee
3-7 established under this section; and
3-8 (2) any project that a committee is required to
3-9 develop.
3-10 (c) Members of an advisory committee established under this
3-11 section serve at the will of the authority. The authority may
3-12 dissolve an advisory committee when necessary.
3-13 (d) Section 2110.005, Government Code, does not apply to an
3-14 advisory committee established under this section if the advisory
3-15 committee is:
3-16 (1) established for a specific and immediate need; and
3-17 (2) dissolved before the first anniversary of the date
3-18 the committee is created.
3-19 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-24 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-25 passage, and it is so enacted.