By:  Goolsby                                                      H.B. No. 101



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the compensation and duties of Texas Lottery Commission 
members.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 467.027(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  A commission member is [not] entitled to compensation in 
an amount not to exceed $150,000 per year for serving on the 
commission.
	SECTION 2.  Section 467.101, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  Each commission member is considered a full-time 
employee of this state and shall devote the member's full time to 
the commission's duties.
	SECTION 3.  (a)  In addition to other amounts appropriated to 
the Texas Lottery Commission, $450,000, plus an additional amount 
necessary to fund benefits associated with state employment, is 
appropriated out of the state lottery account to the Texas Lottery 
Commission for the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2005, 
to pay annual compensation in the amount of $150,000 to each 
commission member.
	(b)  In addition to other amounts appropriated to the Texas 
Lottery Commission, $450,000, plus an additional amount necessary 
to fund benefits associated with state employment, is appropriated 
out of the state lottery account to the Texas Lottery Commission for 
the state fiscal year beginning September 1, 2006, to pay annual 
compensation in the amount of $150,000 to each commission member.
	(c)  Funds appropriated to the Texas Lottery Commission 
under this section may not be used to pay a commission member 
compensation in a monthly amount that exceeds one-twelfth of the 
amount of annual compensation provided by Section 467.027, 
Government Code, as amended by this Act.
	SECTION 4.  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 on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.