1-1     By:  Lucio                                             S.B. No. 648
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 12, 2001; February 13, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
 1-4     March 7, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
 1-5     Nays 0; March 7, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the authority of the Automobile Theft Prevention
 1-9     Authority to establish advisory committees.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes, is amended by
1-12     adding Section 12 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 12.  ADVISORY COMMITTEES.  (a)  The authority may
1-14     establish advisory committees to advise it on any matter under the
1-15     jurisdiction of the authority.
1-16           (b)  Section 2110.008, Government Code, does not apply to an
1-17     advisory committee established under this section if the advisory
1-18     committee is:
1-19                 (1)  established for a specific and immediate need; and
1-20                 (2)  dissolved before the first anniversary of the date
1-21     the committee is created.
1-22           (c)  A member of an advisory committee may not be compensated
1-23     by the authority for committee service but is entitled to
1-24     reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
1-25     performance of committee service.
1-26           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-27     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-28     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-29     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-30     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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