H.B. No. 2160
AN ACT
relating to the governing bodies of certain local planning
organizations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 391.006, Local Government Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), participating
[Participating] governmental units may by joint agreement
determine the number and qualifications of members of the governing
body of a commission.
(c) The governing body of a commission of a region that is
consistent with the geographic boundaries of a state planning
region shall offer an ex officio, nonvoting membership on the
governing body to a member of the legislature who represents a
district located wholly or partly in the region of the commission.
SECTION 2. 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2160 was passed by the House on May 5,
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 2, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2160 on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0,
3 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2160 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays
3.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor