Bill Text: TX HB3714 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Office of Small Business Assistance Advisory Task Force.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3714 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3714-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3714 |
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relating to the creation of the Office of Small Business Assistance | ||
Advisory Task Force. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 481, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 481.00681 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 481.00681. OFFICE OF SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE | ||
ADVISORY TASK FORCE. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Small business" means a business that employs at | ||
least 25 but not more than 250 individuals. | ||
(2) "Task force" means the Office of Small Business | ||
Assistance Advisory Task Force. | ||
(b) The Office of Small Business Assistance shall establish | ||
the task force. | ||
(c) The task force is composed of seven members appointed as | ||
follows: | ||
(1) three members appointed by the governor; | ||
(2) two | ||
members appointed by the speaker of the house | ||
of representatives; and | ||
(3) two members appointed by the lieutenant governor. | ||
(d) A task force member serves a two-year term. A task force | ||
member may be reappointed for additional terms. | ||
(e) Task force members serve without compensation but are | ||
entitled to reimbursement for reasonable and necessary expenses | ||
incurred in the discharge of their duties. | ||
(f) The task force shall meet as often as necessary but | ||
shall meet at least once a year. | ||
(g) The task force shall: | ||
(1) advise and assist the Office of Small Business | ||
Assistance with its duties under Section 481.0068(b) to the extent | ||
that they relate to small businesses; | ||
(2) advise and assist the governor, the lieutenant | ||
governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives with | ||
issues that relate to small businesses; and | ||
(3) provide information in plain language to the | ||
public on issues related to small businesses, including: | ||
(A) environmental permitting and compliance; | ||
(B) local regulations; | ||
(C) construction permitting; | ||
(D) the duties of the comptroller to the extent | ||
that the duties relate to small businesses; and | ||
(E) the formation of business entities. | ||
(h) Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the | ||
task force shall submit to the legislature a report that: | ||
(1) describes issues related to small businesses; and | ||
(2) proposes legislation to assist small businesses. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker | ||
of the house of representatives shall appoint the members of the | ||
Office of Small Business Assistance Advisory Task Force as required | ||
by Section 481.00681, Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3714 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 14, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 3714 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 6, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3714 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays | ||
4. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |