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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the terms of the public members of the Texas Holocaust |
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and Genocide Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 449.008, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Public members [A public member] of the commission serve |
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staggered four-year terms with the terms of seven or eight members |
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expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year [serves a term of four
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years]. |
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SECTION 2. When appointing public members to the Texas |
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Holocaust and Genocide Commission to serve terms that begin |
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February 1, 2015: |
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(1) the governor shall appoint two members to terms |
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expiring February 1, 2017, and three members to terms expiring |
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February 1, 2019; |
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(2) the lieutenant governor shall appoint three |
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members to terms expiring February 1, 2017, and two members to terms |
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expiring February 1, 2019; and |
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(3) the speaker of the house of representatives shall |
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appoint two members to terms expiring February 1, 2017, and three |
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members to terms expiring February 1, 2019. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |