By: Phillips H.B. No. 2993
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the public transportation advisory committee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 455.004(b), and (c), Transportation
  Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The
  commission shall appoint the members of the advisory
  committee.  The committee must include at least members of the
  committee shall be appointed by the governor, the lieutenant
  governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives, who
  shall each appoint:
               (1)  two members who represent one member who
  represents a diverse cross-section of public transportation
  providers;
               (2)  two members who represent one member who
  represents a diverse cross-section of transportation users; and
               (3)  two members who represent one member who
  represents the general public.
         (c)  A member serves at the pleasure of the officer who
  appointed the member.  A member is not entitled to compensation for
  service on the committee but is entitled to reimbursement for
  reasonable expenses the member incurs in performing committee
  duties.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to the public
  transportation advisory committee does not affect the entitlement
  of a member serving on the committee immediately before the
  effective date of this Act to serve the remainder of the member's
  term.
         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, 2017.