84R1245 TSR-D
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 499
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the public transportation advisory committee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 455.004(c), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Members serve for staggered terms of six years, with the
  terms of three members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered
  year. A vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same manner
  as the original appointment for that position  [A member serves at
  the pleasure of the officer who appointed the member].  A member is
  not entitled to compensation for service on the committee but is
  entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses the member incurs
  in performing committee duties.
         SECTION 2.  (a) The terms of the public transportation
  advisory committee members serving on the effective date of this
  Act expire January 31, 2017.
         (b)  The governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the
  house of representatives each shall appoint three members to the
  committee, in accordance with Section 455.004, Transportation
  Code, as amended by this Act, for terms beginning February 1, 2017,
  with one member having a term expiring February 1, 2019, one member
  having a term expiring February 1, 2021, and one member having a
  term expiring February 1, 2023.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.