1-1     By:  Farabee (Senate Sponsor - Madla)                 H.B. No. 2778
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
 1-3     May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by
 1-5     the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to
 1-6     printer.)
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to the membership of the interagency work group on
1-10     unfunded mandates on political subdivisions.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1. Section 320.002(a), Government Code, is amended to
1-13     read as follows:
1-14           (a)  The unfunded mandates interagency work group consists
1-15     of:
1-16                 (1)  the state auditor;
1-17                 (2)  the director of the Legislative Budget Board;
1-18                 (3)  the comptroller;
1-19                 (4)  a senator appointed by the lieutenant governor;
1-20     [and]
1-21                 (5)  a house member appointed by the speaker of the
1-22     house of representatives;
1-23                 (6)  one county officer appointed by the lieutenant
1-24     governor; and
1-25                 (7)  one county employee or county officer appointed by
1-26     the speaker of the house of representatives.
1-27           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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