H.B. No. 861
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to membership of the state continuing advisory committee
  for special education services.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 29.006, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 29.006.  CONTINUING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The
  governor shall appoint a continuing advisory committee, composed of
  17 members, under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(21). At least one
  member appointed under this subsection must be a director of
  special education programs for a school district or for a shared
  services arrangement of multiple school districts as provided by
  Section 29.007.
         (b)  The appointments are not subject to confirmation by the
  senate.
         (c)  Members of the committee are appointed for staggered
  terms of four years with the terms of eight or nine members expiring
  on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than February 1, 2013, the governor
  shall appoint a member to the continuing advisory committee as
  necessary to ensure that the composition of the committee complies
  with Section 29.006, Education Code, as amended by this Act.
         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, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 861 was passed by the House on March
  30, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 861 was passed by the Senate on April
  29, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor