Bill Text: TX HB499 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the public transportation advisory committee.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2015-06-20 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB499 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB499-Introduced.html

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84R1245 TSR-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 499

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. Section 455.004(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Members serve for staggered terms of six years, with the
terms of three members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered
year. A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same manner
as the original appointment for that position [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. (a) The terms of the public transportation
advisory committee members serving on the effective date of this
Act expire January 31, 2017.
(b) The governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the
house of representatives each shall appoint three members to the
committee, in accordance with Section 455.004, Transportation
Code, as amended by this Act, for terms beginning February 1, 2017,
with one member having a term expiring February 1, 2019, one member
having a term expiring February 1, 2021, and one member having a
term expiring February 1, 2023.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.