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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