| 1 | 1 | | 84R2552 TSR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: White of Tyler H.B. No. 363 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the creation of a task force to conduct a study and |
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| 8 | 8 | | develop recommendations on the efficacy of the continuation of |
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| 9 | 9 | | daylight saving time in this state. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. TEXAS TASK FORCE ON DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME. (a) |
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| 12 | 12 | | The Texas Task Force on Daylight Saving Time is created. |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b) The task force shall study the efficacy of the |
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| 14 | 14 | | continuation of daylight saving time in this state. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (c) The task force is composed of the following seven |
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| 16 | 16 | | members: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) one member appointed by the governor; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) one member appointed by the lieutenant governor; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (3) one member appointed by the speaker of the house of |
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| 20 | 20 | | representatives; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (4) one member appointed by the commissioner of |
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| 22 | 22 | | agriculture; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (5) one member appointed by the comptroller; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (6) one member appointed by the chair of the Railroad |
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| 25 | 25 | | Commission of Texas; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (7) one member appointed by the chair of the Texas |
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| 27 | 27 | | Transportation Commission. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (d) The governor shall designate a member of the task force |
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| 29 | 29 | | to serve as presiding officer. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (e) A member of the task force is not entitled to |
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| 31 | 31 | | compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for the member's |
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| 32 | 32 | | travel expenses as provided by Chapter 660, Government Code, and |
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| 33 | 33 | | the General Appropriations Act. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (f) The task force shall compile a detailed report of its |
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| 35 | 35 | | findings and recommendations and shall submit the report to the |
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| 36 | 36 | | governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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| 37 | 37 | | representatives not later than December 1, 2016. The report must |
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| 38 | 38 | | include a recommendation by the task force as to whether the |
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| 39 | 39 | | legislature should act to exempt the state from the provisions of |
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| 40 | 40 | | the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. Section 260a(a)) that |
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| 41 | 41 | | establish daylight saving time. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (g) The task force is not subject to Chapter 2110, |
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| 43 | 43 | | Government Code. |
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| 44 | 44 | | (h) The task force is abolished and this Act expires on |
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| 45 | 45 | | January 1, 2017. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 2. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS. The members of the task |
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| 47 | 47 | | force shall be appointed to the Texas Task Force on Daylight Saving |
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| 48 | 48 | | Time, as required by this Act, as soon as practicable after the |
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| 49 | 49 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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| 51 | 51 | | immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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| 52 | 52 | | elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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| 53 | 53 | | Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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| 54 | 54 | | immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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