By: Coleman (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 2160
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011;
May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 19, 2011, reported adversely,
with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4,
Nays 1; May 19, 2011, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2160 By: West
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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