Bill Text: TX SB611 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to appointments by certain state officials to a legislative agency or an advisory committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-21 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB611 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB611-Comm_Sub.html
By: Birdwell | S.B. No. 611 | |
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relating to appointments by certain state officials to a | ||
legislative agency or an advisory committee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 301, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 301.035 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 301.035. APPOINTMENTS TO LEGISLATIVE AGENCY. | ||
Notwithstanding any other law, a person appointed by the lieutenant | ||
governor or the speaker of the house to the governing body of a | ||
legislative agency or committee under Subtitle C serves at the | ||
pleasure of the appointing officer and may be removed or replaced by | ||
the appointing officer or the appointing officer's successor. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 651, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 651.011 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 651.011. APPOINTMENTS BY CERTAIN STATE OFFICERS. | ||
(a) This section applies only to a committee, council, commission, | ||
task force, or other public entity with multiple members that: | ||
(1) does not control or supervise public business or | ||
policy; and | ||
(2) has as its primary function advising a branch of | ||
state government. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a person appointed by the | ||
governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house, or a | ||
statewide elected officer to an entity described by Subsection (a) | ||
serves at the pleasure of the appointing officer and may be removed | ||
or replaced by the appointing officer or the appointing officer's | ||
successor. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
person serving on an entity described by Section 301.035 or | ||
651.011(a), Government Code, as added by this Act, on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the person was | ||
appointed to the entity before, on, or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |