88R7471 PRL-D By: Buckley H.B. No. 3459 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the chairperson of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 37.204(a), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) The governor shall annually appoint a chairperson from among the membership of the board. The board shall annually elect from among its members [a chairperson and] a vice chairperson. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to the appointment of a chairperson of the board of directors of the Texas School Safety Center for a term that begins on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.