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1		-	By: Miller of Fort Bend H.B. No. 1133
2		-	(Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin)
3		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
4		-	April 30, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
5		-	Veteran Affairs and Military Installations; May 8, 2015, reported
6		-	favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 8, 2015, sent
7		-	to printer.)
	1	+	H.B. No. 1133
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10		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	4		AN ACT
12	5		relating to the composition of the Texas Military Preparedness
13	6		Commission.
14	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	8		SECTION 1. Section 436.051(a), Government Code, is amended
16	9		to read as follows:
17	10		(a) The commission is composed of:
18	11		(1) 13 public members, appointed by the governor; and
19	12		(2) the following ex officio members:
20	13		(A) the chair of the committee of the Texas House
21	14		of Representatives that has primary jurisdiction of matters
22	15		concerning defense affairs and military affairs; [and]
23	16		(B) the chair of the committee of the Texas
24	17		Senate that has primary jurisdiction of matters concerning defense
25	18		affairs and military affairs; and
26	19		(C) the adjutant general.
27	20		SECTION 2. The heading to Section 436.052, Government Code,
28	21		is amended to read as follows:
29	22		Sec. 436.052. TERMS AND OFFICERS; EX OFFICIO MEMBERS;
30	23		DESIGNATION OF REPRESENTATIVE.
31	24		SECTION 3. Section 436.052, Government Code, is amended by
32	25		amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
33	26		follows:
34	27		(a) The 13 public members of the commission serve staggered
35	28		terms of six years with the terms of four or five members expiring
36	29		February 1 of each odd-numbered year. A legislative member vacates
37	30		the person's position on the commission if the person ceases to be
38	31		the chair of the applicable legislative committee. The ex officio
39	32		member of the commission described by Section 436.051(a)(2)(C)
40	33		vacates the person's position on the commission if the person
41	34		ceases to hold the position that qualifies the person for service on
42	35		the commission.
43	36		(a-1) The ex officio member of the commission described by
44	37		Section 436.051(a)(2)(C) may designate a representative to serve on
45	38		the commission in the member's absence. A representative
46	39		designated under this subsection must be an officer or employee of
47	40		the state agency the ex officio member serves.
48	41		SECTION 4. Section 436.053, Government Code, is amended to
49	42		read as follows:
50	43		Sec. 436.053. COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES. (a) A public
51	44		member of the commission is not entitled to compensation but is
52	45		entitled to reimbursement, from commission funds, for the travel
53	46		expenses incurred by the member while conducting the business of
54	47		the commission, as provided by the General Appropriations Act.
55	48		(b) The entitlement of a legislative member to compensation
56	49		or reimbursement for travel expenses is governed by the law
57	50		applying to the member's service in that underlying position, and
58	51		any payments to the member shall be made from the appropriate funds
59	52		of the applicable house of the legislature.
60	53		(c) The entitlement of the ex officio member described by
61	54		Section 436.051(a)(2)(C) to compensation or to reimbursement for
62	55		travel expenses incurred while transacting commission business is
63	56		governed by the law that applies to the member's service in that
64	57		underlying position, and any payment to the member for either
65	58		purpose must be made from money that may be used for the purpose and
66	59		is available to the state agency that the member serves in that
67	60		underlying position.
68	61		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	62	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	63	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	64	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1133 was passed by the House on April
	65	+	16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	66	+	voting.
	67	+	______________________________
	68	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	69	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1133 was passed by the Senate on May
	70	+	15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	71	+	______________________________
	72	+	Secretary of the Senate
	73	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	74	+	Date
	75	+	_____________________
	76	+	Governor