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By: Murr, Moody (Senate Sponsor - Rodríguez) |
H.B. No. 978 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 2017; |
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May 12, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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Justice; May 19, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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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 board members of the Texas Indigent |
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Defense Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 79.014(b), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) The board members serve staggered terms of six [two] |
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years, with one or two members' terms expiring February 1 of each |
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odd-numbered year [and three members' terms expiring February 1 of
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each even-numbered year]. |
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SECTION 2. The members of the board of the Texas Indigent |
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Defense Commission serving on the effective date of this Act may |
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draw lots or use another method to determine the members who shall |
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serve terms that expire on February 1, 2023, the members who shall |
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serve terms that expire on February 1, 2021, and the members who |
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shall serve terms that expire on February 1, 2019. The members of |
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the board appointed to succeed the members serving on the effective |
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date of this Act shall serve six-year terms. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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