Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R3237 DIO-D
2	2	By: Blanco S.B. No. 272
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the composition of the governor's broadband development
8	8	council.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 490H.002(a), Government Code, is amended
11	11	to read as follows:
12	12	(a) The council is composed of one nonvoting member
13	13	appointed by the broadband development office and the following
14	14	voting members appointed by the governor:
15	15	(1) two representatives of separate Internet service
16	16	provider industry associations, including at least one
17	17	representative of an association that primarily represents small
18	18	providers, as defined by Section 56.032, Utilities Code;
19	19	(2) one representative of the health information
20	20	technology industry;
21	21	(3) two representatives of unaffiliated nonprofit
22	22	organizations that advocate for elderly persons statewide;
23	23	(4) two representatives of unaffiliated nonprofit
24	24	organizations that have a demonstrated history of working with the
25	25	legislature and the public to identify solutions for expanding
26	26	broadband to rural, unserved areas of this state;
27	27	(5) one representative of an agricultural advocacy
28	28	organization in this state;
29	29	(6) one representative of a hospital advocacy
30	30	organization in this state;
31	31	(7) one representative of a medical advocacy
32	32	organization in this state;
33	33	(8) one county official who serves in an elected
34	34	office of a county with a population of less than 35,000;
35	35	(8-a) one county clerk of a county with a population of
36	36	less than 60,000;
37	37	(8-b) one sheriff of a county with a population of less
38	38	than 60,000;
39	39	(9) one municipal official who serves in an elected
40	40	office of a municipality with a population of less than 20,000
41	41	located in a county with a population of less than 60,000;
42	42	(10) one representative of an institution of higher
43	43	education that has its main campus in a county with a population of
44	44	less than 60,000;
45	45	(11) one representative of a school district with a
46	46	territory that includes only counties with a population of less
47	47	than 60,000;
48	48	(12) one representative from a library association;
49	49	(13) one hospital administrator employed by a licensed
50	50	hospital located in a county with a population of less than 60,000;
51	51	(14) one representative from an electric cooperative
52	52	providing broadband;
53	53	(15) one representative of a school district with a
54	54	territory that includes all or part of a county with a population of
55	55	more than 500,000; [and]
56	56	(16) one representative of a nonprofit organization
57	57	that has a demonstrated history of facilitating broadband adoption
58	58	by offering digital literacy training or providing access to
59	59	broadband technology; and
60	60	(17) one representative from a federally recognized
61	61	Indian tribe that is listed on the annual list of Indian tribes
62	62	published by the United States secretary of the interior as
63	63	required under 25 U.S.C. Section 5131 and that has tribal land in
64	64	this state.
65	65	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.