85R5357 MEW-D
 
  By: Murr H.B. No. 978
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the terms of the board members of the Texas Indigent
  Defense Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 79.014(b), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (b)  The board members serve staggered terms of six [two]
  years, with one or two members' terms expiring February 1 of each
  odd-numbered year [and three members' terms expiring February 1 of
  each even-numbered year].
         SECTION 2.  The members of the board of the Texas Indigent
  Defense Commission serving on the effective date of this Act may
  draw lots or use another method to determine the members who shall
  serve terms that expire on February 1, 2023, the members who shall
  serve terms that expire on February 1, 2021, and the members who
  shall serve terms that expire on February 1, 2019. The members of
  the board appointed to succeed the members serving on the effective
  date of this Act shall serve six-year terms.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.