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1		-	By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Garcia) H.B. No. 499
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2015;
3		-	May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Transportation; May 19, 2015, reported favorably by the following
5		-	vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 499
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to the public transportation advisory committee.
12	6		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	7		SECTION 1. Sections 455.004(b) and (c), Transportation
14	8		Code, are amended to read as follows:
15	9		(b) The members of the committee shall be appointed by the
16	10		governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
17	11		representatives, who shall each appoint:
18	12		(1) one member who represents a diverse cross-section
19	13		of public transportation providers and may be employed by a transit
20	14		provider or organization representing transit providers;
21	15		(2) one member who represents a diverse cross-section
22	16		of transportation users and may not be employed by a transit
23	17		provider or organization representing transit providers; and
24	18		(3) one member who represents the general public and
25	19		who may be on the staff of a metropolitan planning organization or
26	20		rural transportation planning organization but may not be employed
27	21		by a transit provider or organization representing transit
28	22		providers.
29	23		(c) Members serve for staggered terms of six years, with the
30	24		terms of three members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered
31	25		year. A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same manner
32	26		as the original appointment for that position [A member serves at
33	27		the pleasure of the officer who appointed the member]. A member is
34	28		not entitled to compensation for service on the committee but is
35	29		entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses the member incurs
36	30		in performing committee duties.
37	31		SECTION 2. (a) The terms of the public transportation
38	32		advisory committee members serving on the effective date of this
39	33		Act expire January 31, 2017.
40	34		(b) The changes in law made by this Act to Section
41	35		455.004(b), Transportation Code, apply only to a member of the
42	36		public transportation advisory committee with a term beginning on
43	37		or after the effective date of this Act. A member of the public
44	38		transportation advisory committee with a term beginning before the
45	39		effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect
46	40		immediately before that date, and the former law is continued in
47	41		effect for that purpose.
48	42		(c) Notwithstanding the changes in law made by this Act, a
49	43		member of the public transportation advisory committee with a term
50	44		beginning before the effective date of this Act may be reappointed
51	45		to the committee under Section 455.004, Transportation Code.
52	46		(d) The governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the
53	47		house of representatives each shall appoint three members to the
54	48		committee, in accordance with Section 455.004, Transportation
55	49		Code, as amended by this Act, for terms beginning February 1, 2017,
56	50		with one member having a term expiring February 1, 2019, one member
57	51		having a term expiring February 1, 2021, and one member having a
58	52		term expiring February 1, 2023.
59	53		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	54	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	55	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	56	+	I certify that H.B. No. 499 was passed by the House on May 4,
	57	+	2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	58	+	voting.
	59	+	______________________________
	60	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	61	+	I certify that H.B. No. 499 was passed by the Senate on May
	62	+	22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	63	+	______________________________
	64	+	Secretary of the Senate
	65	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	66	+	Date
	67	+	_____________________
	68	+	Governor