Bill Text: TX HB1674 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission on the Arts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-27 - Left pending in committee [HB1674 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1674-Introduced.html
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By: Price | H.B. No. 1674 |
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relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Commission | ||
on the Arts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 444.002(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The Texas Commission on the Arts is subject to Chapter | ||
325 (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided | ||
by that chapter, the commission is abolished and this chapter | ||
expires September 1, 2025 [ |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 444.003, Government Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 444.003. COMPOSITION; TERMS. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 444.003, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) The commission is composed of nine [ |
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appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate. | ||
The members must represent a diverse cross-section of the [ |
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fields of the arts and be widely known for their professional | ||
competence and experience in connection with the arts. At least two | ||
members must be residents of a county with a population of less than | ||
50,000. Appointments to the commission shall be made without | ||
regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or | ||
national origin of the appointees. | ||
(c) Members of the commission serve staggered terms of six | ||
years. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 444.024, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) The commission may award grants in accordance with the | ||
commission's mission to advance the state economically and | ||
culturally by investing in the arts in this state. | ||
(a-1) An applicant for a grant of money from the commission | ||
shall specify in the grant application a minimum and maximum amount | ||
of money requested. | ||
SECTION 5. (a) The six positions on the Texas Commission on | ||
the Arts that have terms scheduled to expire on August 31, 2013, are | ||
abolished on that date. | ||
(b) Two of the six positions on the Texas Commission on the | ||
Arts with terms scheduled to expire on August 31, 2015, are | ||
abolished on that date. | ||
(c) In appointing members to the Texas Commission on the | ||
Arts for terms scheduled to begin September 1, 2015, the governor | ||
shall appoint three members to the commission for terms expiring | ||
August 31, 2021, and one member to the commission for a term | ||
expiring August 31, 2019. | ||
(d) In appointing members to the Texas Commission on the | ||
Arts for terms scheduled to begin September 1, 2017, the governor | ||
shall appoint three members to the commission for terms expiring | ||
August 31, 2023, and two members to the commission for terms | ||
expiring August 31, 2019. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
last day of the legislative session. |