| 1 | 1 | | By: Patrick (Senate Sponsor - Davis) H.B. No. 861 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House March 31, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 4, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Education; April 26, 2011, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | 5 | | vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 26, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to membership of the state continuing advisory committee |
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| 11 | 11 | | for special education services. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 29.006, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 14 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 29.006. CONTINUING ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The |
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| 16 | 16 | | governor shall appoint a continuing advisory committee, composed of |
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| 17 | 17 | | 17 members, under 20 U.S.C. Section 1412(a)(21). At least one |
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| 18 | 18 | | member appointed under this subsection must be a director of |
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| 19 | 19 | | special education programs for a school district or for a shared |
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| 20 | 20 | | services arrangement of multiple school districts as provided by |
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| 21 | 21 | | Section 29.007. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) The appointments are not subject to confirmation by the |
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| 23 | 23 | | senate. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (c) Members of the committee are appointed for staggered |
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| 25 | 25 | | terms of four years with the terms of eight or nine members expiring |
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| 26 | 26 | | on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Not later than February 1, 2013, the governor |
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| 28 | 28 | | shall appoint a member to the continuing advisory committee as |
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| 29 | 29 | | necessary to ensure that the composition of the committee complies |
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| 30 | 30 | | with Section 29.006, Education Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 36 | 36 | | * * * * * |
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