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78R14636 JSA-D

By:  Wilson                                                       H.B. No. 3633



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the confirmation of state and district officers 
appointed by the governor.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 652, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subchapter C to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER C.  CONFIRMATION OF GUBERNATORIAL APPOINTMENTS
	Sec. 652.041.  APPLICATION OF SUBCHAPTER.  This subchapter 
applies to any state or district office to which Section 12, Article 
IV, Texas Constitution, applies.
	Sec. 652.042.  CONFIRMATION BY HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.  
(a) An appointment of the governor to a vacancy to a state or 
district office must be with the advice and consent of two-thirds of 
the members of the house of representatives present.
	(b)  The procedures prescribed by law for confirmation of an 
appointment to which this section applies by the senate apply to 
confirmation of an appointment by the house under this subchapter.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to a vacancy that occurs on or after that date.