85R12958 DMS-F By: Cortez H.B. No. 2749 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the composition of the Port Authority Advisory Committee. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 55.006(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The committee consists of eight [seven] members appointed by the commission. The members shall be appointed as follows: (1) one member from the Port of Houston Authority; (2) three members who represent maritime ports on the upper Texas coast; [and] (3) three members who represent maritime ports on the lower Texas coast; and (4) one member who represents the comptroller. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.