81R5180 JAM-D
By: Phillips H.B. No. 2219
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. Sections 455.004(a), (b), and (c),
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A public transportation advisory committee consisting
of nine [11] members shall:
(1) advise the commission on the needs and problems of
the state's public transportation providers, including the methods
for allocating state public transportation money;
(2) comment on rules involving public transportation
during development of the rules and before the commission finally
adopts the rules unless an emergency requires immediate commission
action;
(3) advise the commission on the implementation of
Chapter 461; and
(4) perform any other duty determined by the
commission.
(b) The governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker
of the house of representatives each shall appoint three members of
the committee. The appointing officers shall allocate among
themselves the authority for appointment of members with different
types of qualifications [commission shall appoint members of the
advisory committee]. The membership of the committee shall
include:
(1) five [four] members who represent a diverse
cross-section of public transportation providers;
(2) two [three] members who represent a diverse
cross-section of transportation users; and
(3) two [three] members who represent the general
public[; and
[(4) one member with experience in the administration
of health and human services programs].
(c) A member serves at the pleasure of the officer who
appointed the member [commission]. 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. The change in law made by this Act to the public
transportation advisory committee does not affect the entitlement
of a member serving on the committee immediately before the
effective date of this Act to serve the remainder of the member's
term. The first two members whose positions expire or become vacant
may not be replaced.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.