Bill Text: TX HB3577 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the governing body of certain regional planning commissions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-17 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3577 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3577-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Fallon, Parker, Laubenberg, Crownover, | H.B. No. 3577 | |
Taylor, et al. |
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relating to the composition of the governing body of certain | ||
regional planning commissions. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 391.006, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), | ||
participating governmental units may by joint agreement determine | ||
the number and qualifications of members of the governing body of a | ||
commission. | ||
(d) If a county participating in a commission has a | ||
population of more than 650,000 and less than 850,000, the | ||
governing body of the commission must include one member appointed | ||
by that county. | ||
SECTION 2. A county to which Section 391.006, Local | ||
Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies shall appoint a | ||
member to the governing body of a regional planning commission as | ||
required by that section not later than January 1, 2014. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |