Bill Text: TX HB861 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to membership of the state continuing advisory committee for special education services.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-12 - Effective immediately [HB861 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB861-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 861 | ||
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| relating to membership of the state continuing advisory committee | ||
| for special education services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 29.006, Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 29.006. CONTINUING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The | ||
| governor shall appoint a continuing advisory committee, composed of | ||
| 17 members, under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(21). At least one | ||
| member appointed under this subsection must be a director of | ||
| special education programs for a school district or for a shared | ||
| services arrangement of multiple school districts as provided by | ||
| Section 29.007. | ||
| (b) The appointments are not subject to confirmation by the | ||
| senate. | ||
| (c) Members of the committee are appointed for staggered | ||
| terms of four years with the terms of eight or nine members expiring | ||
| on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than February 1, 2013, the governor | ||
| shall appoint a member to the continuing advisory committee as | ||
| necessary to ensure that the composition of the committee complies | ||
| with Section 29.006, Education Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 861 was passed by the House on March | ||
| 30, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 861 was passed by the Senate on April | ||
| 29, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
