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        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to the composition of the Finance Commission of Texas. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 11.102, Finance Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  One member of the finance commission must be a banking | 
      
        |  | executive, one member of the finance commission must be a savings | 
      
        |  | executive, one member of the finance commission must be a consumer | 
      
        |  | credit executive, and one member of the finance commission must be a | 
      
        |  | residential mortgage loan originator licensed under Chapter 156 or | 
      
        |  | 157 [ broker]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  Subdivision (4), Subsection (e), Section 11.102, | 
      
        |  | Finance Code, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (4)  "Residential mortgage loan originator" [ "Mortgage  | 
      
        |  | broker"] means a person who: | 
      
        |  | (A)  has had five years' or more experience as a | 
      
        |  | residential mortgage loan originator [ broker], as defined by | 
      
        |  | Section 180.002 [ 156.002], during the seven-year period preceding | 
      
        |  | the person's appointment; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  is a residential mortgage loan originator | 
      
        |  | [ broker], as defined by Section 180.002 [156.002]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.  (a)  A member of the Finance Commission of Texas | 
      
        |  | who is a mortgage broker and who is serving on the effective date of | 
      
        |  | this Act continues to serve until the expiration of the term for | 
      
        |  | which the member was appointed. | 
      
        |  | (b)  As soon as practicable following the expiration of the | 
      
        |  | term of the member described in Subsection (a) of this section or | 
      
        |  | following any vacancy in that position that occurs before the | 
      
        |  | expiration of the term, the governor shall make an appointment to | 
      
        |  | the Finance Commission of Texas to achieve the composition | 
      
        |  | prescribed by Section 11.102, Finance Code, as amended by this Act. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.  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, 2011. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
      
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        |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1008 passed the Senate on | 
      
        |  | March 31, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
      
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        |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1008 passed the House on | 
      
        |  | May 19, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 2, one | 
      
        |  | present not voting. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
      
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        |  | Approved: | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
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        |  | Governor |