TITLE: Relating to the terms of the public members of the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission.

SUMMARY: Relating to the terms of the public members of the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the terms of the public members of the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 449.008(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Public members [A public member] of the commission serve staggered four-year terms with the terms of seven or eight members expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year [serves a term of four years].SECTION 2. When appointing public members to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission to serve terms that begin February 1, 2015: (1) the governor shall appoint two members to terms expiring February 1, 2017, and three members to terms expiring February 1, 2019; (2) the lieutenant governor shall appoint three members to terms expiring February 1, 2017, and two members to terms expiring February 1, 2019; and (3) the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint two members to terms expiring February 1, 2017, and three members to terms expiring February 1, 2019. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.