81R11513 CAS-F
By: Olivo H.B. No. 4598
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the board of the Texas School Safety
Center and the terms of certain members of the board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.203(a), Education Code, as amended by
Chapters 258 (S.B. 11) and 263 (S.B. 103), Acts of the 80th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted to read as
follows:
(a) The center is advised by a board of directors composed
of:
(1) the attorney general, or the attorney general's
designee;
(2) the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee;
(3) the executive director of the Texas Juvenile
Probation Commission, or the executive director's designee;
(4) the executive commissioner of the Texas Youth
Commission, or the executive commissioner's designee;
(5) the commissioner of the Department of State Health
Services, or the commissioner's designee;
(6) the commissioner of higher education, or the
commissioner's designee; and
(7) the following members appointed by the governor
with the advice and consent of the senate:
(A) a juvenile court judge;
(B) a member of a school district's board of
trustees;
(C) an administrator of a public primary school;
(D) an administrator of a public secondary
school;
(E) a member of the state parent-teacher
association;
(F) a teacher from a public primary or secondary
school;
(G) a public school superintendent who is a
member of the Texas Association of School Administrators;
(H) a school district police officer or a peace
officer whose primary duty consists of working in a public school;
and
(I) two members of the public.
SECTION 2. Section 37.203(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Members of the board appointed under Subsection (a)(7)
[(a)(6)] serve staggered two-year terms, with the terms of the
members described by Subsections (a)(7)(A)-(E) [(a)(6)(A)-(E)]
expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year and the terms of
the members described by Subsections (a)(7)(F)-(I)
[(a)(6)(F)-(I)] expiring on February 1 of each even-numbered year.
A member may serve more than one term.
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, 2009.