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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the public transportation advisory committee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 455.004(a), (b), and (c), |
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Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A public transportation advisory committee consisting |
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of nine [11] members shall: |
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(1) advise the commission on the needs and problems of |
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the state's public transportation providers, including the methods |
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for allocating state public transportation money; |
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(2) comment on rules involving public transportation |
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during development of the rules and before the commission finally |
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adopts the rules unless an emergency requires immediate commission |
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action; |
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(3) advise the commission on the implementation of |
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Chapter 461; and |
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(4) perform any other duty determined by the |
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commission. |
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(b) The governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker |
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of the house of representatives each shall appoint three members of |
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the committee. The appointing officers shall allocate among |
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themselves the authority for appointment of members with different |
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types of qualifications [commission shall appoint members of the
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advisory committee]. The membership of the committee shall |
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include: |
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(1) five [four] members who represent a diverse |
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cross-section of public transportation providers; |
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(2) two [three] members who represent a diverse |
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cross-section of transportation users; and |
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(3) two [three] members who represent the general |
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public[; and
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[(4)
one member with experience in the administration
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of health and human services programs]. |
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(c) A member serves at the pleasure of the officer who |
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appointed the member [commission]. A member is not entitled to |
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compensation for service on the committee but is entitled to |
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reimbursement for reasonable expenses the member incurs in |
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performing committee duties. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to the public |
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transportation advisory committee does not affect the entitlement |
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of a member serving on the committee immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act to serve the remainder of the member's |
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term. The first two members whose positions expire or become vacant |
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may not be replaced. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |