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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the powers, duties, and composition of the governing |
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board of the Texas Youth Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. REPEALER. Subsection (a), Section 61.012, Human |
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Resources Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Section 61.012, Human Resources |
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Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) The governing board of the Texas Youth Commission |
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consists of seven members appointed by the governor with the |
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consent of the senate. Appointments to the board shall be made |
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without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, |
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or national origin of the appointees. |
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SECTION 3. TRANSITION; TERMINATION OF PREVIOUSLY APPOINTED |
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BOARD. The terms of all members of the governing board of the Texas |
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Youth Commission who were appointed under Subsection (a), Section |
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61.012, Human Resources Code, as repealed by this Act, expire on the |
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effective date of this Act. The position to which the members were |
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appointed to is abolished and there is no position for the member to |
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hold over to. |
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SECTION 4. TRANSITION; RESTRICTIONS ON APPOINTMENT ON NEW |
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BOARD. In making appointments to the governing board of the Texas |
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Youth Commission under Subsection (e), Section 61.012, Human |
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Resources Code, as added by this Act, the governor may not appoint |
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any person who was appointed as a member of the governing board of |
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the Texas Youth Commission under Subsection (a), Section 61.012, |
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Human Resources Code, as repealed by this Act. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |