H.B. No. 2219

	AN ACT
	relating to the public transportation advisory committee.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Sections 455.004(a), (b), and (c),
	Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A public transportation advisory committee consisting
	of nine [11] members shall:
	(1)  advise the commission on the needs and problems of
	the state's public transportation providers, including the methods
	for allocating state public transportation money;
	(2)  comment on rules involving public transportation
	during development of the rules and before the commission finally
	adopts the rules unless an emergency requires immediate commission
	action;
	(3)  advise the commission on the implementation of
	Chapter 461; [and]
	(4)  perform any other duty determined by the
	commission; and
	(5)  reflect the diversity of the state.
	(b)  The members [commission shall appoint members of the
	advisory committee.     The membership] of the committee shall be
	appointed by the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker
	of the house of representatives, who shall each appoint [include]:
	(1)  one member [four members] who represents
	[represent] a diverse cross-section of public transportation
	providers;
	(2)  one member [three members] who represents
	[represent] a diverse cross-section of transportation users; and
	(3)  one member [three members] who represents
	[represent] the general public[; and
	[(4)     one member with experience in the administration
	of health and human services programs].
	(c)  A member serves at the pleasure of the officer who
	appointed the member [commission].  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.  The change in law made by this Act to the public
	transportation advisory committee does not affect the entitlement
	of a member serving on the committee immediately before the
	effective date of this Act  to serve the remainder of the member's
	term.  The first two members whose positions expire or become vacant
	may not be replaced.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2219 was passed by the House on April
	24, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2219 was passed by the Senate on May
	14, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor