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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to appointments by certain state officials to a |
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legislative agency or an advisory committee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 301, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 301.035 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 301.035. APPOINTMENTS TO LEGISLATIVE AGENCY. |
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Notwithstanding any other law, a person appointed by the lieutenant |
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governor or the speaker of the house to the governing body of a |
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legislative agency or committee under Subtitle C serves at the |
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pleasure of the appointing officer and may be removed or replaced by |
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the appointing officer or the appointing officer's successor. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 651, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 651.011 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 651.011. APPOINTMENTS BY CERTAIN STATE OFFICERS. |
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(a) This section applies only to a committee, council, commission, |
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task force, or other public entity with multiple members that: |
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(1) does not control or supervise public business or |
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policy; and |
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(2) has as its primary function advising a branch of |
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state government. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a person appointed by the |
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governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house, or a |
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statewide elected officer to an entity described by Subsection (a) |
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serves at the pleasure of the appointing officer and may be removed |
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or replaced by the appointing officer or the appointing officer's |
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successor. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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person serving on an entity described by Section 301.035 or |
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651.011(a), Government Code, as added by this Act, on or after the |
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effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the person was |
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appointed to the entity before, on, or after the effective date of |
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this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |