H.B. No. 1133
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the composition of the Texas Military Preparedness
  Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 436.051(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The commission is composed of:
               (1)  13 public members, appointed by the governor; and
               (2)  the following ex officio members:
                     (A)  the chair of the committee of the Texas House
  of Representatives that has primary jurisdiction of matters
  concerning defense affairs and military affairs; [and]
                     (B)  the chair of the committee of the Texas
  Senate that has primary jurisdiction of matters concerning defense
  affairs and military affairs; and
                     (C)  the adjutant general.
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 436.052, Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 436.052.  TERMS AND OFFICERS; EX OFFICIO MEMBERS;
  DESIGNATION OF REPRESENTATIVE.
         SECTION 3.  Section 436.052, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  The 13 public members of the commission serve staggered
  terms of six years with the terms of four or five members expiring
  February 1 of each odd-numbered year.  A legislative member vacates
  the person's position on the commission if the person ceases to be
  the chair of the applicable legislative committee. The ex officio
  member of the commission described by Section 436.051(a)(2)(C)
  vacates the person's position on the commission if the person
  ceases to hold the position that qualifies the person for service on
  the commission.
         (a-1)  The ex officio member of the commission described by
  Section 436.051(a)(2)(C) may designate a representative to serve on
  the commission in the member's absence. A representative
  designated under this subsection must be an officer or employee of
  the state agency the ex officio member serves.
         SECTION 4.  Section 436.053, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 436.053.  COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES. (a) A public
  member of the commission is not entitled to compensation but is
  entitled to reimbursement, from commission funds, for the travel
  expenses incurred by the member while conducting the business of
  the commission, as provided by the General Appropriations Act.
         (b) The entitlement of a legislative member to compensation
  or reimbursement for travel expenses is governed by the law
  applying to the member's service in that underlying position, and
  any payments to the member shall be made from the appropriate funds
  of the applicable house of the legislature.
         (c)  The entitlement of the ex officio member described by
  Section 436.051(a)(2)(C) to compensation or to reimbursement for
  travel expenses incurred while transacting commission business is
  governed by the law that applies to the member's service in that
  underlying position, and any payment to the member for either
  purpose must be made from money that may be used for the purpose and
  is available to the state agency that the member serves in that
  underlying position.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1133 was passed by the House on April
  16, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1133 was passed by the Senate on May
  15, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor