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2-4 is repealed.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.