S.B. No. 202
AN ACT
relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission
on the Arts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 444.002, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The Texas Commission on the Arts is subject to Chapter
325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter
expires September 1, 2025 [2013].
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 444.003, Government Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 444.003. COMPOSITION; TERMS.
SECTION 3. Section 444.003, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) The commission is composed of nine [17] members
appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
The members must represent a diverse cross-section of the [all]
fields of the arts and be widely known for their professional
competence and experience in connection with the arts. At least two
members must be residents of a county with a population of less than
50,000. Appointments to the commission shall be made without
regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or
national origin of the appointees.
(c) Members of the commission serve staggered terms of six
years.
SECTION 4. Section 444.024, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) The commission may award grants in accordance with the
commission's mission to advance the state economically and
culturally by investing in the arts in this state.
(a-1) An applicant for a grant of money from the commission
shall specify in the grant application a minimum and maximum amount
of money requested.
SECTION 5. (a) The six positions on the Texas Commission
on the Arts that have terms scheduled to expire on August 31, 2013,
are abolished on that date.
(b) Two of the six positions on the Texas Commission on the
Arts with terms scheduled to expire on August 31, 2015, are
abolished on that date.
(c) In appointing members to the Texas Commission on the
Arts for terms scheduled to begin September 1, 2015, the governor
shall appoint three members to the commission for terms expiring
August 31, 2021, and one member to the commission for a term
expiring August 31, 2019. Two of the three members appointed to the
commission for terms expiring August 31, 2021, must be residents of
a county with a population of less than 50,000, as provided by
Section 444.003, Government Code.
(d) In appointing members to the Texas Commission on the
Arts for terms scheduled to begin September 1, 2017, the governor
shall appoint three members to the commission for terms expiring
August 31, 2023, and two members to the commission for terms
expiring August 31, 2019.
(e) To the extent that the reduction in positions on the
Texas Commission on the Arts under this Act causes the composition
of the commission to violate the residency requirement of
Subsection (a), Section 444.003, Government Code, that provision of
law is suspended from the effective date of this Act until September
1, 2015.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 202 passed the Senate on
March 27, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 7, 2013, by the
following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 202 passed the House, with
amendment, on April 30, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 118,
Nays 26, one present not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor