By Counts                                             H.B. No. 1052
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the authority of the Automobile Theft Prevention
 1-3     Authority to establish advisory committees.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, is amended by
 1-6     adding Section 12 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 12.  ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a)  The authority may
 1-8     establish advisory committees to advise it on any matter under the
 1-9     jurisdiction of the authority.
1-10           (b)  Section 2110.008, Government Code, does not apply to an
1-11     advisory committee established under this section if the advisory
1-12     committee is:
1-13                 (1)  established for a specific and immediate need; and
1-14                 (2)  dissolved before the first anniversary of the date
1-15     the committee is created.
1-16           (c)  A member of an advisory committee may not be compensated
1-17     by the authority for committee service but is entitled to
1-18     reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
1-19     performance of committee service.
1-20           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-23     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.