Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HCR20 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 12/06/2018

                            86R5210 KSM-D
 By: Dutton H.C.R. No. 20


 CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas
 hereby create the Complete Count Census Committee to study,
 develop, and recommend strategies to encourage full participation
 of this state's residents in the 2020 federal decennial census;
 and, be it further
 RESOLVED, That the committee collaborate with appropriate
 state agencies and political subdivisions for the purpose of this
 study; and, be it further
 RESOLVED, That the committee be composed of the following
 members:
 (1)  three persons appointed by the lieutenant
 governor;
 (2)  three persons appointed by the speaker of the
 house of representatives; and
 (3)  one person appointed by the governor, who serves
 as the chair of the committee; and, be it further
 RESOLVED, That the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the
 house of representatives, and the governor appoint members of the
 committee as soon as practicable after the effective date of this
 resolution; and, be it further
 RESOLVED, That a member of the committee may be reimbursed
 for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing committee
 duties, and that the committee be authorized to accept gifts,
 grants, and donations to pay for those expenses; and, be it further
 RESOLVED, That the committee meet not later than the 30th day
 after the date initial appointments are made and meet regularly as
 necessary at the call of the chair; and, be it further
 RESOLVED, That the committee submit a written report to the
 legislature with its findings and recommendations not later than
 October 31, 2019, and that the committee be abolished on September
 1, 2020.