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By:  Bivins                                                       S.B. No. 892
	(In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2003; March 11, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 
Relations; April 14, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable 
Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; 
April 14, 2003, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 892                                    By:  Brimer


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the appointment of the board of managers of certain 
emergency communication districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (c), Section 772.306, Health and 
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  If Subsection (b) does not apply to a district, the 
board consists of:  
		(1)  the following members representing the county or 
counties in the district:
			(A)  if the district contains only one county, two 
members appointed by the commissioners court of the county;
			(B)  if the district originally contained only one 
county but contains more than one county when the appointment is 
made, two members appointed by the commissioners court of the 
county in which the district was originally located, and one member 
appointed by the commissioners court of each other county in the 
district; or
			(C)  if the district originally contained more 
than one county and the district contains more than one county when 
the appointment is made, one member appointed by the commissioners 
court of each county in the district;
		(2)  two members appointed jointly by the majority vote 
of [all] the [participating] municipalities voting on the 
appointment and located in whole or part in the district;
		(3)  one member appointed jointly by the volunteer fire 
departments operating wholly or partly in the district, with the 
appointment process coordinated by the county fire marshal or 
marshals of the county or counties in the district; and
		(4)  one member appointed by the principal service 
supplier.                
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to an appointment to a 
board of managers under Section 772.306, Health and Safety Code, 
made on or after the effective date of this Act.  An appointment to a 
board of managers made before the effective date of this Act is 
governed by the law in effect at the time the appointment is made, 
and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  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.



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