By: Uresti  S.B. No. 507
         (In the Senate - Filed February 7, 2007; February 21, 2007,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
  March 22, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 4,
  Nays 0; March 22, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to reimbursement of members of the Guardianship
  Certification Board for certain expenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (g), Section 111.011, Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (g)  The members of the board serve for staggered six-year
  terms, with the terms of one-third of the members expiring on
  February 1 of each odd-numbered year. Board members serve without
  [are not entitled to receive] compensation but are entitled to [or]
  reimbursement for travel expenses and other actual and necessary
  expenses incurred in the performance of official board duties, as
  provided by the General Appropriations Act.
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (b), Section 111.012, Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, the Office of Court
  Administration shall:
               (1)  provide administrative assistance, services, and
  materials to the board, including budget planning and purchasing;
               (2)  accept, deposit, and disburse money made available
  to the board;
               (3)  pay the salaries and benefits of the director;
               (4)  reimburse the travel expenses and other actual and
  necessary expenses of the director incurred in the performance of a
  function of the board, as provided by the General Appropriations
  Act; [and]
               (5)  reimburse the travel expenses and other actual and
  necessary expenses of board members incurred in the performance of
  official board duties, as provided by the General Appropriations
  Act; and
               (6)  provide the board with adequate computer equipment
  and support.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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