1-1 By: Hartnett (Senate Sponsor - Cain) H.B. No. 808
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 2, 2001;
1-3 April 3, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Administration; April 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the composition of the Commission on Uniform State
1-9 Laws.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Sections 762.003(a) and (c), Government Code, are
1-12 amended to read as follows:
1-13 (a) The commission is composed of:
1-14 (1) nine [six] members appointed by the governor;
1-15 [and]
1-16 (2) the executive director of the Texas Legislative
1-17 Council or a person designated by the executive director; and
1-18 (3) in addition to the persons described by
1-19 Subdivisions (1) and (2), residents of this state who have[,
1-20 because of] long service in the cause of uniformity in state
1-21 legislation as shown by:
1-22 (A) at least 20 years of service representing
1-23 the state as an associate member of the national conference;
1-24 (B) election as a life member[, have been
1-25 elected life members] of the national conference; or
1-26 (C) [who have] at least 15 years of service as a
1-27 member of the commission and at least five years of combined
1-28 service as a judge or justice of a trial or appellate court of this
1-29 state.
1-30 (c) Appointed members serve staggered six-year terms, with
1-31 the terms of three [two] members expiring September 30 of each
1-32 even-numbered year.
1-33 SECTION 2. Promptly after this Act takes effect, the governor
1-34 shall appoint three additional members to the Commission on Uniform
1-35 State Laws to comply with Section 762.003, Government Code, as
1-36 amended by this Act. In appointing those members, the governor
1-37 shall appoint one person to a term expiring September 30, 2002, one
1-38 to a term expiring September 30, 2004, and one to a term expiring
1-39 September 30, 2006.
1-40 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect July 1, 2001.
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