1-1     By:  Lucio, Zaffirini, Shapleigh                       S.B. No. 249
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 16, 2001; January 17, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
 1-4     March 27, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 1; March 27, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 249                   By:  Fraser
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the membership of the Texas Transportation Commission.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 201.051, Transportation
1-13     Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-14           (a)  The Texas Transportation Commission consists of five
1-15     [three] members appointed by the governor with the advice and
1-16     consent of the senate.
1-17           SECTION 2.  Section 201.052, Transportation Code, is amended
1-18     to read as follows:
1-19           Sec. 201.052.  TERMS.  Members of the commission serve
1-20     staggered six-year terms, with the terms of either one or two
1-21     members [one member's term] expiring February 1 of each
1-22     odd-numbered year.
1-23           SECTION 3.  (a)  Promptly after this Act takes effect, the
1-24     governor shall appoint two additional members to the Texas
1-25     Transportation Commission.  Of those members, the governor shall
1-26     designate one to serve a term expiring February 1, 2005, and one to
1-27     serve a term expiring February 1, 2007.
1-28           (b)  Until all appointees have taken office, a quorum of the
1-29     commission is a majority of the number of members who are
1-30     qualified.
1-31           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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