By Hartnett H.B. No. 808
77R449 LJR-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the composition of the Commission on Uniform State
1-3 Laws.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 762.003(a) and (c), Government Code, are
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) The commission is composed of:
1-8 (1) nine [six] members appointed by the governor;
1-9 [and]
1-10 (2) the executive director of the Texas Legislative
1-11 Council or a person designated by the executive director; and
1-12 (3) in addition to the persons described by
1-13 Subdivisions (1) and (2), residents of this state who have[,
1-14 because of] long service in the cause of uniformity in state
1-15 legislation as shown by:
1-16 (A) at least 20 years of service representing
1-17 the state as an associate member of the national conference;
1-18 (B) election as a life member[, have been
1-19 elected life members] of the national conference; or
1-20 (C) [who have] at least 15 years of service as a
1-21 member of the commission and at least five years of combined
1-22 service as a judge or justice of a trial or appellate court of this
1-23 state.
1-24 (c) Appointed members serve staggered six-year terms, with
2-1 the terms of three [two] members expiring September 30 of each
2-2 even-numbered year.
2-3 SECTION 2. Promptly after this Act takes effect, the governor
2-4 shall appoint three additional members to the Commission on Uniform
2-5 State Laws to comply with Section 762.003, Government Code, as
2-6 amended by this Act. In appointing those members, the governor
2-7 shall appoint one person to a term expiring September 30, 2002, one
2-8 to a term expiring September 30, 2004, and one to a term expiring
2-9 September 30, 2006.
2-10 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 2001.