By: Villarreal, Davis of Harris H.B. No. 404
(Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh)
(In the Senate - Received from the House March 23, 2005;
March 30, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; April 28, 2005, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7,
Nays 0; April 28, 2005, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 404 By: Nelson
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the membership of the Family and Protective Services
Council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 40.021, Human Resources Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) One of the members of the council under Subsection (b)
must be a person who was a child in the foster care system. If after
conducting a search, the governor determines that no qualified
individual under this subsection is available, the governor may
appoint another person qualified under Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act to
Section 40.021, Human Resources Code, relating to the
qualifications of members of the Family and Protective Services
Council does not affect the entitlement of a member of the council
serving immediately before the effective date of this Act to
continue to serve on the council for the term to which the member
was appointed.
(b) As the terms of the members of the council expire or as
vacancies on the council occur, the governor shall make
appointments to the council to achieve, as soon as possible, the
membership plan prescribed by Section 40.021, Human Resources Code,
as amended by this Act.
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, 2005.
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