By Alexander H.B. No. 3716
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to committees established to advise transportation
1-3 agencies with statewide jurisdiction.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
1-6 is amended by adding Section 201.207 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 201.207. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The commission may
1-8 establish advisory committees to advise the department on any
1-9 matter under its jurisdiction.
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 established for a specific and immediate need and is
1-13 dissolved within one year of creation.
1-14 (c) A member of a committee established under this section
1-15 may not receive compensation for serving as a member but is
1-16 entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in
1-17 performing the member's duties.
1-18 SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 361, Transportation Code,
1-19 is amended by adding Section 361.056 to read as follows:
1-20 Sec. 361.056. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The board may
1-21 establish advisory committees to advise the authority on any matter
2-1 under its jurisdiction.
2-2 (b) Section 2110.005, Government Code, does not apply to an
2-3 advisory committee established under this section if the advisory
2-4 committee is established for a specific and immediate need and is
2-5 dissolved within one year of creation.
2-6 (c) A member of a committee established under this section
2-7 may not receive compensation for serving as a member but is
2-8 entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in
2-9 performing the member's duties.
2-10 SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Texas Motor Vehicle Commission Code
2-11 (Article 4413(36), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by
2-12 adding Section 2.14 to read as follows:
2-13 Sec. 2.14. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The board may establish
2-14 advisory committees to advise the board on any matter under its
2-15 jurisdiction.
2-16 (b) Section 2110.005, Government Code, does not apply to an
2-17 advisory committee established under this section if the advisory
2-18 committee is established for a specific and immediate need and is
2-19 dissolved within one year of creation.
2-20 (c) A member of a committee established under this section
2-21 may not receive compensation for serving as a member but is
2-22 entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in
2-23 performing the member's duties.
2-24 SECTION 4. Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, is amended by
2-25 adding Section 12 to read as follows:
3-1 Sec. 12. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The authority may
3-2 establish advisory committees the authority considers necessary and
3-3 may determine the appropriate membership for each committee.
3-4 (b) The authority shall specify the purpose and duties of
3-5 each advisory committee and shall specify any product the committee
3-6 is required to develop.
3-7 (c) Members of an advisory committee serve at the will of
3-8 the authority. The authority may dissolve an advisory committee
3-9 when necessary.
3-10 (d) Section 2110.005, Government Code, does not apply to an
3-11 advisory committee established under this section if the advisory
3-12 committee is established for a specific and immediate need and is
3-13 dissolved within one year of the date it was established.
3-14 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-15 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-16 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-17 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-18 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-19 and that this Act takes effect and be in force from and after its
3-20 passage, and it is so enacted.