S.B. No. 202
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission
  on the Arts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 444.002, Government
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The Texas Commission on the Arts is subject to Chapter
  325 (Texas Sunset Act).  Unless continued in existence as provided
  by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter
  expires September 1, 2025 [2013].
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 444.003, Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 444.003.  COMPOSITION; TERMS.
         SECTION 3.  Section 444.003, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The commission is composed of nine [17] members
  appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
  The members must represent a diverse cross-section of the [all]
  fields of the arts and be widely known for their professional
  competence and experience in connection with the arts. At least two
  members must be residents of a county with a population of less than
  50,000. Appointments to the commission shall be made without
  regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or
  national origin of the appointees.
         (c)  Members of the commission serve staggered terms of six
  years.
         SECTION 4.  Section 444.024, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The commission may award grants in accordance with the
  commission's mission to advance the state economically and
  culturally by investing in the arts in this state.
         (a-1)  An applicant for a grant of money from the commission
  shall specify in the grant application a minimum and maximum amount
  of money requested.
         SECTION 5.  (a)  The six positions on the Texas Commission
  on the Arts that have terms scheduled to expire on August 31, 2013,
  are abolished on that date.
         (b)  Two of the six positions on the Texas Commission on the
  Arts with terms scheduled to expire on August 31, 2015, are
  abolished on that date.
         (c)  In appointing members to the Texas Commission on the
  Arts for terms scheduled to begin September 1, 2015, the governor
  shall appoint three members to the commission for terms expiring
  August 31, 2021, and one member to the commission for a term
  expiring August 31, 2019.  Two of the three members appointed to the
  commission for terms expiring August 31, 2021, must be residents of
  a county with a population of less than 50,000, as provided by
  Section 444.003, Government Code.
         (d)  In appointing members to the Texas Commission on the
  Arts for terms scheduled to begin September 1, 2017, the governor
  shall appoint three members to the commission for terms expiring
  August 31, 2023, and two members to the commission for terms
  expiring August 31, 2019.
         (e)  To the extent that the reduction in positions on the
  Texas Commission on the Arts under this Act causes the composition
  of the commission to violate the residency requirement of
  Subsection (a), Section 444.003, Government Code, that provision of
  law is suspended from the effective date of this Act until September
  1, 2015.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
  last day of the legislative session.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 202 passed the Senate on
  March 27, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 7, 2013, by the
  following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 202 passed the House, with
  amendment, on April 30, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 118,
  Nays 26, one present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor