By: Nichols S.B. No. 1522
(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2017; March 20, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
April 3, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 3, 2017,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1522 By: Nichols
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the aviation advisory committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 21.003(a) and (b), Transportation Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) The aviation advisory committee consists of [six]
members appointed by the commission to advise the commission and
the department on aviation matters. The commission by rule shall
determine the number of members of the committee.
(b) A majority of the members of the committee [member] must
have five years of successful experience as:
(1) an aircraft pilot;
(2) an aircraft facilities manager; or
(3) a fixed-base operator.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2018, the Texas
Transportation Commission shall adopt the rules required by Section
21.003(a), Transportation Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. 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.
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