Bill Text: TX HCR20 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishing the Complete Count Census Committee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-25 - Referred to State Affairs [HCR20 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HCR20-Introduced.html
  86R5210 KSM-D
 
  By: Dutton H.C.R. No. 20
 
 
 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
         RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas
  hereby create the Complete Count Census Committee to study,
  develop, and recommend strategies to encourage full participation
  of this state's residents in the 2020 federal decennial census;
  and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the committee collaborate with appropriate
  state agencies and political subdivisions for the purpose of this
  study; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the committee be composed of the following
  members:
               (1)  three persons appointed by the lieutenant
  governor;
               (2)  three persons appointed by the speaker of the
  house of representatives; and
               (3)  one person appointed by the governor, who serves
  as the chair of the committee; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the
  house of representatives, and the governor appoint members of the
  committee as soon as practicable after the effective date of this
  resolution; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That a member of the committee may be reimbursed
  for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing committee
  duties, and that the committee be authorized to accept gifts,
  grants, and donations to pay for those expenses; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the committee meet not later than the 30th day
  after the date initial appointments are made and meet regularly as
  necessary at the call of the chair; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That the committee submit a written report to the
  legislature with its findings and recommendations not later than
  October 31, 2019, and that the committee be abolished on September
  1, 2020.
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