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By:  McClendon                                                    H.B. No. 668



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the members of the Texas Transportation Commission.               
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 201.051(a) and (c), Transportation 
Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The Texas Transportation Commission consists of five
[three] members appointed by the governor with the advice and 
consent of the senate.
	(c)  Appointments to the commission shall be made so that 
each geographic area of the state is represented on the commission.  
Each member of the commission must represent the general public.
	SECTION 2.  Section 201.052, Transportation Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 201.052.  TERMS.  Members of the commission serve 
staggered six-year terms, with the terms of either one or two 
members [one member's term] expiring February 1 of each 
odd-numbered year in accordance with Section 30a, Article XVI, 
Texas Constitution.
	SECTION 3.  Promptly after this Act takes effect, the 
governor shall appoint two additional members to the Texas 
Transportation Commission.  Of those members, the governor shall 
appoint one to serve a term expiring February 1, 2005, and one to 
serve a term expiring February 1, 2007.
	SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act in the 
qualifications of members of the Texas Transportation Commission do 
not affect the entitlement of a member serving on the commission 
immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue to 
carry out the commission's functions for the remainder of the 
member's term.  The changes in law apply only to a member appointed 
on or after the effective date of this Act.  This Act does not 
prohibit a person who is a member of the commission on the effective 
date of this Act from being reappointed to the commission if the 
person has the qualifications required for a member under Section 
201.051, Transportation Code, as amended by this Act.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.