| 1 | 1 | | 81R9703 KSD-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 1584 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a study regarding the establishment and administration |
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| 8 | 8 | | of a legislative youth advisory council in this state. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 67, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 67.04 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 67.04. STUDY REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT AND |
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| 13 | 13 | | ADMINISTRATION OF LEGISLATIVE YOUTH ADVISORY COUNCIL. (a) In this |
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| 14 | 14 | | section: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) "School" means The University of Texas Lyndon B. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Johnson School of Public Affairs. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (2) "Youth council" means a legislative youth advisory |
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| 18 | 18 | | council. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) The University of Texas Lyndon B. Johnson School of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Public Affairs shall conduct a study regarding the establishment |
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| 21 | 21 | | and administration of a legislative youth advisory council in this |
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| 22 | 22 | | state for the purpose of: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) engaging young Texans in: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (A) identifying, evaluating, and prioritizing |
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| 25 | 25 | | policy issues affecting youth, including policy issues relating to |
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| 26 | 26 | | education, employment, substance abuse and underage drinking, |
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| 27 | 27 | | physical and emotional health, poverty, safety, the environment, |
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| 28 | 28 | | driver's licenses, and strategies to increase youth participation |
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| 29 | 29 | | in local and state government and youth access to local and state |
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| 30 | 30 | | governmental services; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (B) developing recommendations for legislation |
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| 32 | 32 | | to address policy issues affecting youth; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) facilitating communication between young Texans |
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| 34 | 34 | | and members of the legislature regarding policy issues and proposed |
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| 35 | 35 | | legislation affecting youth. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c) As a part of its study, the school shall: |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) examine the composition, terms of office, |
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| 38 | 38 | | membership eligibility requirements, membership application and |
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| 39 | 39 | | selection process, activities, and administration of councils or |
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| 40 | 40 | | other entities established by other states for similar purposes to |
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| 41 | 41 | | determine whether any of those entities is an appropriate model for |
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| 42 | 42 | | a youth council in this state; |
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| 43 | 43 | | (2) develop an estimate of the expenses that would be |
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| 44 | 44 | | associated with establishing and administering a youth council in |
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| 45 | 45 | | this state; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (3) identify potential funding sources for the |
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| 47 | 47 | | expenses described by Subdivision (2); |
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| 48 | 48 | | (4) develop recommendations for: |
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| 49 | 49 | | (A) the composition, terms of office, membership |
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| 50 | 50 | | eligibility requirements, membership application and selection |
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| 51 | 51 | | process, activities, and administration of a youth council in this |
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| 52 | 52 | | state; and |
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| 53 | 53 | | (B) the governmental or other entity or entities |
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| 54 | 54 | | that are best positioned to support and administer a youth council |
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| 55 | 55 | | in this state; and |
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| 56 | 56 | | (5) consider any other issues the school considers |
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| 57 | 57 | | appropriate regarding the establishment and administration of a |
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| 58 | 58 | | youth council in this state. |
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| 59 | 59 | | (d) In developing its recommendations for the composition |
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| 60 | 60 | | of a youth council, the school shall consider the feasibility of |
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| 61 | 61 | | establishing a youth council that: |
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| 62 | 62 | | (1) reflects the diversity of youth across this state; |
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| 63 | 63 | | and |
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| 64 | 64 | | (2) is composed of: |
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| 65 | 65 | | (A) a specific number of youth members from each |
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| 66 | 66 | | state senate district; and |
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| 67 | 67 | | (B) nonvoting advisory members who are members of |
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| 68 | 68 | | the Texas Legislature or those members' designees. |
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| 69 | 69 | | (e) The comptroller and the Legislative Budget Board shall |
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| 70 | 70 | | assist the school in developing cost estimates for implementing the |
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| 71 | 71 | | school's recommendations for the establishment and administration |
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| 72 | 72 | | of a youth council in this state. |
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| 73 | 73 | | (f) Not later than October 1, 2010, the school shall submit |
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| 74 | 74 | | to the legislature a written report detailing the school's findings |
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| 75 | 75 | | and recommendations regarding the establishment and administration |
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| 76 | 76 | | of a youth council in this state. The report must include the cost |
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| 77 | 77 | | estimates for implementing the school's recommendations developed |
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| 78 | 78 | | under Subsection (e). |
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| 79 | 79 | | (g) This section expires September 1, 2011. |
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| 80 | 80 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 81 | 81 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 82 | 82 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 83 | 83 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 84 | 84 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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