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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the Port Authority Advisory |
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Committee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 55.006(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The committee consists of eight [seven] members |
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appointed by the commission. The members shall be appointed as |
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follows: |
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(1) one member from the Port of Houston Authority; |
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(2) three members who represent maritime ports on the |
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upper Texas coast; [and] |
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(3) three members who represent maritime ports on the |
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lower Texas coast; and |
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(4) one member who represents the comptroller. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |