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By: Swinford (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) |
H.B. No. 675 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House March 26, 2007; |
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March 29, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Government Organization; April 3, 2007, reported favorably by the |
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following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 3, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the membership of the governing board of the Department |
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of Information Resources. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 2054.021(c) and (d), Government Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Two groups each composed of three ex officio members |
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serve on the board on a rotating basis. The ex officio members |
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serve as nonvoting members of the board. Only one group serves at a |
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time. The first group is composed of the commissioner of insurance |
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[workers' compensation], the executive commissioner of the Health |
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and Human Services Commission, and the executive director of the |
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Texas Department of Transportation. Members of the first group |
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serve for two-year terms that begin February 1 of every other |
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odd-numbered year and that expire on February 1 of the next |
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odd-numbered year. The second group is composed of the |
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commissioner of education, the executive director of the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice, and the executive director of the |
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Parks and Wildlife Department. Members of the second group serve |
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for two-year terms that begin February 1 of the odd-numbered years |
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in which the terms of members of the first group expire and that |
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expire on February 1 of the next odd-numbered year. |
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(d) An ex officio member may designate an employee on the |
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management or senior staff level [the information resources
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manager] of the member's agency to serve in the member's place. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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