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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