Bill Text: TX HB2749 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the Port Authority Advisory Committee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-28 - Referred to Transportation [HB2749 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2749-Introduced.html

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85R12958 DMS-F
By: Cortez H.B. No. 2749

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