1-1     By:  Hartnett (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth)             H.B. No. 998
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
 1-3     May 1, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
 1-4     and Human Services; May 8, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 8, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the animal friendly account and advisory committee.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1. Section 828.014(b), Health and Safety Code, is
1-11     amended to read as follows:
1-12           (b)  The Texas Department of Health administers the account.
1-13     The department may spend money credited to the account only to:
1-14                 (1)  [only after at least $500,000 has been credited to
1-15     the account; and]
1-16                 [(2)  only to:]
1-17                       [(A)]  make grants to eligible organizations that
1-18     sterilize animals owned by the general public at minimal or no
1-19     cost; and
1-20                 (2) [(B)]  defray the cost of administering the
1-21     account.
1-22           SECTION 2. Section 828.015(d), Health and Safety Code, is
1-23     amended to read as follows:
1-24           (d)  Members of the committee serve without compensation and
1-25     are not entitled to reimbursement for expenses. Members of the
1-26     committee serve staggered four-year terms with the terms of as near
1-27     one-half as possible of the members expiring [Each member serves a
1-28     term of two years. The terms of four members expire on January 31
1-29     of each odd-numbered year and the terms of the remaining members
1-30     expire] on January 31 of each even-numbered year.
1-31           SECTION 3. Section 4, Chapter 657, Acts of the 75th
1-32     Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, as amended by Section 5,
1-33     Chapter 951, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999,
1-34     is repealed.
1-35           SECTION 4.  The terms of the four members of the animal
1-36     friendly advisory committee that were to expire on January 31,
1-37     2003, are extended to three-year terms and expire on January 31,
1-38     2004.
1-39           SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
1-40     vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-41     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-42     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-43     Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
1-44     legislative session.
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