S.B. No. 1441
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the terms of the members of the Court Reporters
  Certification Board.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (f), Section 52.011, Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (f)  Board members serve staggered six-year terms of office,
  with the terms of two or three members expiring on December 31 of
  each year.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  To comply with Subsection (f), Section
  52.011, Government Code, as amended by this Act, the Supreme Court
  of Texas, as soon as possible after the effective date of this Act,
  shall prescribe a method for determining the dates on which the
  terms of the members of the Court Reporters Certification Board
  serving, and of the offices that are vacant, on the effective date
  of this Act expire. By using the method prescribed by the Supreme
  Court of Texas:
               (1)  a combination of two members serving, or offices
  vacant, on the effective date of this Act must be selected for a
  term expiration date of December 31, 2010;
               (2)  a combination of two members serving, or offices
  vacant, on the effective date of this Act must be selected for a
  term expiration date of December 31, 2011;
               (3)  a combination of two members serving, or offices
  vacant, on the effective date of this Act must be selected for a
  term expiration date of December 31, 2012;
               (4)  a combination of two members serving, or offices
  vacant, on the effective date of this Act must be selected for a
  term expiration date of December 31, 2013;
               (5)  a combination of two members serving, or offices
  vacant, on the effective date of this Act must be selected for a
  term expiration date of December 31, 2014; and
               (6)  a combination of three members serving, or offices
  vacant, on the effective date of this Act must be selected for a
  term expiration date of December 31, 2015.
         (b)  The method prescribed by the Supreme Court of Texas as
  required by Subsection (a) of this section may be a drawing of lots.
         (c)  For purposes of Subsection (g), Section 52.011,
  Government Code, the term being served by a member of the Court
  Reporters Certification Board on the effective date of this Act
  that expires in accordance with Subsection (a) of this section is
  considered a single term.
         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, 2009.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1441 passed the Senate on
  April 16, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1441 passed the House on
  May 27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, one
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor