78R4872 MTB-D

By:  Rodriguez                                                    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 14 [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;
		(8)  one representative of the Public Utility 
Commission of Texas; and
		(9)  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:
		(1)  a representative of the Public Utility Commission 
of Texas to the Texas Underground Facility Notification Corporation 
for a term expiring August 31, 2006; and
		(2)  a representative of the Railroad Commission of 
Texas to the Texas Underground Facility Notification Corporation 
for a term expiring August 31, 2005.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.