Bill Text: TX HB1161 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the Texas Military Preparedness Commission.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-08 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [HB1161 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1161-Introduced.html
84R4411 MCK-D | ||
By: Miller of Fort Bend | H.B. No. 1161 |
|
||
|
||
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) 15 [ |
||
governor, each of whom must represent one of the federal military | ||
installations in the state; 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. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 436.052(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The 15 [ |
||
staggered terms of six years with the terms of [ |
||
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. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) Not later than December 1, 2015, the governor | ||
shall appoint two additional members to the Texas Military | ||
Preparedness Commission. As provided by Section 436.051(a), | ||
Government Code, as amended by this Act, the two new members of the | ||
commission must each represent one of the federal military | ||
installations in the state. At the first meeting of the Texas | ||
Military Preparedness Commission after the additional members are | ||
appointed under this subsection, or as soon as practicable after | ||
that meeting, the two new members of the commission shall draw lots | ||
to determine which member will serve a term expiring February 1, | ||
2019, and which member will serve a term expiring February 1, 2021. | ||
(b) The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
436.051(a), Government Code, regarding the qualifications of | ||
members of the Texas Military Preparedness Commission does not | ||
affect the entitlement of a member serving on the commission | ||
immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue to | ||
serve for the remainder of the member's term. As terms expire and | ||
vacancies occur on the commission on and after the effective date of | ||
this Act, the governor shall appoint or reappoint members to the | ||
commission with qualifications that reflect the change in law made | ||
by this Act to Section 436.051(a), Government Code. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |