H.B. No. 861

	AN ACT
	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