78R6296 MXM-F

By:  Lindsay                                                      S.B. No. 735



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to local government officials serving on state boards.               
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 574, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Section 574.005 to read as follows:
	Sec. 574.005.  LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICERS ON STATE GOVERNING 
BODIES. (a)  In this section:
		(1)  "Local government" means a county, a municipality, 
a special district or authority, or another political subdivision 
of this state.
		(2)  "State agency" means a department, commission, 
board, office, council, authority, or other agency in the executive 
branch of state government that is created by the constitution or a 
statute of this state, including a university system or institution 
of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
	(b)  An individual who holds an elected or appointed local 
government office may be appointed to the governing body of a state 
agency if otherwise eligible. The individual may not receive 
compensation for serving on the governing body of the state agency 
but may be reimbursed as provided by other law for a reasonable and 
necessary expense incurred in the performance of an official 
function.
	(c)  Rules adopted under Section 574.003 are not required to 
implement this section.
	SECTION 2.  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.