By: Estes S.B. No. 283
(King of Parker)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the number of members of the Texas Historical
Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsections (b) and (c), Section 442.002,
Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) The commission is composed of nine [17] members
appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
A person may not be a member of the commission if the person or the
person's spouse:
(1) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, more
than a 10 percent interest in a business entity or other
organization regulated by the commission or receiving money other
than grant money from the commission;
(2) uses or receives a substantial amount of tangible
goods, services, or money from the commission, other than
compensation or reimbursement authorized by law for commission
membership, attendance, or expenses; or
(3) is employed by or participates in the management
of a business entity or other organization regulated by or
receiving money other than grant money from the commission.
(c) Members serve for staggered six-year terms, with the
terms of [approximately] one-third of the members expiring February
1 of each odd-numbered year.
SECTION 2. (a) Two of the five positions on the Texas
Historical Commission with terms scheduled to expire on February 1,
2015, are abolished on that date.
(b) Two of the six positions on the Texas Historical
Commission with terms scheduled to expire on February 1, 2017, are
abolished on that date.
(c) Of the six positions on the Texas Historical Commission
with terms that, immediately before the effective date of this Act,
are scheduled to expire on February 1, 2019, four of the positions
are abolished on September 1, 2013.
(d) In appointing members to the Texas Historical
Commission for terms scheduled to begin February 1, 2015, the
governor shall appoint one member to the commission for a term
expiring February 1, 2019, and two members to the commission for
terms expiring February 1, 2021.
(e) In appointing members to the Texas Historical
Commission for terms scheduled to begin February 1, 2017, the
governor shall appoint one member to the commission for a term
expiring February 1, 2021, and three members to the commission for
terms expiring February 1, 2023.
(f) As soon as practicable after the effective date of this
Act, the governor shall designate which members' positions shall be
abolished as provided by this section and shall inform the
presiding officer of the Texas Historical Commission which
positions are abolished.
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, 2013.