79S20101 MSE-D



By:  Goolsby                                                      H.B. No. 37 







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.