78R8920 MTB-D
By: Rodriguez, Baxter H.B. No. 835
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 835:
By: Baxter C.S.H.B. No. 835
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the membership of the board of directors of the Texas
Underground Facility Notification Corporation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 251.055(a), Utilities Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The board of directors of the corporation is composed of
the following 13 [12] members appointed by the governor:
(1) six representatives of the general public;
(2) one representative of the gas industry;
(3) one representative of the telecommunications
industry;
(4) one representative of the electric industry;
(5) one representative of cable television companies;
(6) one representative of municipalities; [and]
(7) one representative of persons who engage in
excavation operations who are not also facility operators; and
(8) one representative of the Railroad Commission of
Texas.
SECTION 2. Section 251.056(a), Utilities Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) Directors serve staggered three-year terms, with the
terms of four or five directors expiring each August 31.
SECTION 3. As soon as possible after the effective date of
this Act, the governor shall appoint a representative of the
Railroad Commission of Texas to the Texas Underground Facility
Notification Corporation for a term expiring August 31, 2006.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.