77R6585 JAT-D                           
         By Hartnett                                            H.B. No. 998
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 998:
         By Delisi                                          C.S.H.B. No. 998
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the animal friendly account and advisory committee.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 828.014(b), Health and Safety Code, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (b)  The Texas Department of Health administers the account.
 1-7     The department may spend money credited to the account only to:
 1-8                 (1)  [only after at least $500,000 has been credited to
 1-9     the account; and]
1-10                 [(2)  only to:]
1-11                       [(A)]  make grants to eligible organizations that
1-12     sterilize animals owned by the general public at minimal or no
1-13     cost; and
1-14                 (2) [(B)]  defray the cost of administering the
1-15     account.
1-16           SECTION 2. Section 828.015(d), Health and Safety Code, is
1-17     amended to read as follows:
1-18           (d)  Members of the committee serve without compensation and
1-19     are not entitled to reimbursement for expenses. Members of the
1-20     committee serve staggered four-year terms with the terms of as near
1-21     one-half as possible of the members expiring [Each member serves a
1-22     term of two years. The terms of four members expire on January 31
1-23     of each odd-numbered year and the terms of the remaining members
1-24     expire] on January 31 of each even-numbered year.
 2-1           SECTION 3. Section 4, Chapter 657, Acts of the 75th
 2-2     Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, as amended by Section 5,
 2-3     Chapter 951, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,
 2-4     is repealed.
 2-5           SECTION 4.  The terms of the four members of the animal
 2-6     friendly advisory committee that were to expire on January 31,
 2-7     2003, are extended to three-year terms and expire on January 31,
 2-8     2004.
 2-9           SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
2-10     vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-11     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-12     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-13     Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
2-14     legislative session.