79R1443 KEG-F


By:  Campbell                                                     H.B. No. 907



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the membership of the Critical Infrastructure 
Protection Council.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 421.021(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  The Critical Infrastructure Protection Council is 
composed of the governor or the governor's designee and one 
representative of each of the following entities, appointed by the 
single statewide elected or appointed governing officer or 
administrative head of the entity:
		(1)  Department of Agriculture;                                               
		(2)  office of the attorney general;                                          
		(3)  General Land Office;                                                     
		(4)  Public Utility Commission of Texas;                                      
		(5)  [Texas] Department of State Health Services;
		(6)  Department of Information Resources;                                     
		(7)  Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas;                       
		(8)  division of emergency management of the office of 
the governor;        
		(9)  Texas National Guard;                                                    
		(10)  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;                              
		(11)  Railroad Commission of Texas;                                           
		(12)  Texas Strategic Military Planning Commission; 
[and]  
		(13)  Texas Department of Transportation; and                          
		(14)  Texas Water Development Board.                                   
	SECTION 2.  The executive administrator of the Texas Water 
Development Board shall appoint a representative of the Texas Water 
Development Board to serve as a member of the Critical 
Infrastructure Protection Council, as required by Section 
421.021(a), Government Code, as amended by this Act, not later than 
December 31, 2005.
	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.