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78S10216 KEG-D


By:  Gallego                                                      H.B. No. 65 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the composition of the Texas Building and Procurement 
Commission.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 2152.051, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 2152.051.  COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION. (a) The 
commission consists of five members appointed by the governor.
	(b)  Subsection (a) governs the composition of the 
commission after January 31, 2007.  On or before that date, this 
subsection governs the composition of the commission.  The 
commission consists of seven members, of whom[:
		[(1)]  three members are appointed by the governor,[;
		[(2)]  two additional members are appointed by the 
governor from a list of nominees submitted by the speaker of the 
house of representatives,[;] and
		[(3)]  two members are appointed by the lieutenant 
governor.  The members serving on the commission immediately before 
the effective date of the Act of the 78th Legislature, 1st Called 
Session, 2003, that amended this section and added this subsection 
are entitled to continue to serve on the commission for the terms 
for which they were appointed if they are otherwise qualified for 
their positions.  Notwithstanding Section 2152.057, for the period 
in which the commission consists of seven members under this 
subsection, two or three members' terms expire on January 31 of each 
odd-numbered year.  If, on or before January 31, 2007, the term of 
any position on the commission expires or a vacancy is created in 
any position on the commission, the governor shall appoint a person 
to fill the position.  However, the two positions on the commission 
that are filled by appointment by the governor from a list submitted 
by the speaker are abolished on the expiration of the positions' 
terms on January 31, 2007.  This subsection expires September 1, 
2009.
	[(b)  In making an appointment under Subsection (a)(2), the 
governor may reject one or more of the nominees on a list submitted 
by the speaker of the house of representatives and request a new 
list of different nominees.]
	SECTION 2.  Section 2152.052(b), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  In making appointments under this section, the governor 
[and lieutenant governor] shall attempt to appoint women and 
members of different minority groups, including African Americans, 
Hispanic Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans.
	SECTION 3.  Section 2152.057, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 2152.057.  TERMS.  Commission members serve staggered 
six-year terms with one or two [or three] members' terms expiring 
January 31 of each odd-numbered year.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect November 1, 2003.