85R15933 AAF-F
By: Phillips H.B. No. 2993
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2993:
By: Phillips C.S.H.B. No. 2993
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the public transportation advisory committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 455.004(b) and (c), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) The commission shall appoint the members of the
committee. The committee must include at least [shall be appointed
by the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the
house of representatives, who shall each appoint]:
(1) two members [one member] who represent
[represents] a diverse cross-section of public transportation
providers;
(2) two members [one member] who represent
[represents] a diverse cross-section of transportation users; and
(3) two members [one member] who represent
[represents] the general public.
(c) A member serves at the pleasure of the commission
[officer who appointed the member]. A member is not entitled to
compensation for service on the committee but is entitled to
reimbursement for reasonable expenses the member incurs in
performing committee duties.
SECTION 2. 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, 2017.