By McClendon H.B. No. 32
77R925 JMG-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the composition of the governing board of the Texas
1-3 Department of Economic Development.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 481.004(a) and (b), Government Code, are
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) The governing board is composed of five [nine] public
1-8 members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of
1-9 the senate, which members shall be appointed to give geographical
1-10 representation on the governing board to all regions of the state.
1-11 (b) Members of the governing board serve for staggered
1-12 six-year terms with the terms of either one or two [three] members
1-13 expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year in accordance with
1-14 Section 30a, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
1-15 SECTION 2. (a) This section governs the transition from a
1-16 nine-member governing board of the Texas Department of Economic
1-17 Development to a governing board composed of five members in
1-18 accordance with the changes in law made by this Act.
1-19 (b) The changes in law made by this Act to Section 481.004,
1-20 Government Code, apply only to a member who is appointed to serve
1-21 on the governing board on or after the effective date of this Act.
1-22 Except as provided by this section, a member of the governing board
1-23 who is serving on the board immediately before the effective date
1-24 of this Act is governed for the remainder of the member's current
2-1 term by Section 481.004, Government Code, as that section existed
2-2 immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the prior
2-3 law is continued in effect for this purpose.
2-4 (c) The three governing board positions with terms that
2-5 expire February 1, 2003, are abolished on that date.
2-6 (d) On February 1, 2003, one of the three governing board
2-7 positions with terms scheduled to expire on February 1, 2005, shall
2-8 be abolished. On or before February 1, 2003, the members whose
2-9 terms are scheduled to expire on February 1, 2005, shall determine
2-10 by unanimous agreement or by lot which of the three positions shall
2-11 be abolished on February 1, 2003, and shall inform the presiding
2-12 officer of the governing board of that determination.
2-13 (e) In appointing members of the governing board to terms
2-14 scheduled to begin February 1, 2005, the governor shall appoint two
2-15 members to the board for terms expiring February 1, 2011. In
2-16 appointing members of the governing board to terms scheduled to
2-17 begin February 1, 2007, the governor shall appoint one member to
2-18 the board for a term expiring February 1, 2009, and two members to
2-19 the board for terms expiring February 1, 2013.
2-20 (f) To the extent that the abolition of governing board
2-21 positions under this section causes the composition of the board to
2-22 violate Section 481.003(e), Government Code, or to violate the
2-23 geographical representation requirement of Section 481.003(a),
2-24 Government Code, those provisions of law are suspended from
2-25 February 1, 2003, until February 1, 2007.
2-26 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.