Bill Text: TX HB2373 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a task force to conduct a study and develop recommendations to alleviate the incidence of gun violence in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB2373 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2373-Introduced.html
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By: Dutton | H.B. No. 2373 |
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relating to the creation of a task force to conduct a study and | ||
develop recommendations to alleviate the incidence of gun violence | ||
in this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. TEXAS TASK FORCE ON GUN VIOLENCE. (a) The | ||
Texas Task Force on Gun Violence is created. | ||
(b) The task force shall study the causes and effects of gun | ||
violence in this state. After completing the study, the task force | ||
shall develop recommendations for programs and propose legislation | ||
to alleviate the incidence of gun violence in this state. | ||
(c) The task force is composed of the following nine | ||
members: | ||
(1) three members appointed by the governor, one of | ||
whom is a proponent of private gun ownership, one of whom is an | ||
opponent of private gun ownership, and one of whom is employed in | ||
the medical profession; | ||
(2) three members appointed by the lieutenant | ||
governor, one of whom is a prosecuting attorney, one of whom is a | ||
university scholar with expertise on the issue of gun violence, and | ||
one of whom is a community advocate; and | ||
(3) three members appointed by the speaker of the | ||
house of representatives, one of whom is a state representative, | ||
one of whom is a state senator, and one of whom is appropriately | ||
qualified as determined by the speaker. | ||
(d) The governor shall designate a member of the task force | ||
to serve as presiding officer. | ||
(e) A member of the task force is not entitled to | ||
compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for the member's | ||
travel expenses as provided by Chapter 660, Government Code, and | ||
the General Appropriations Act. | ||
(f) The task force shall compile a detailed report of its | ||
findings and recommendations, including proposed legislation to | ||
alleviate the incidence of gun violence in this state, and shall | ||
submit the report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the | ||
speaker of the house of representatives not later than December 1, | ||
2016. | ||
(g) The task force is abolished and this Act expires on | ||
January 1, 2017. | ||
SECTION 2. APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS. The governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives shall appoint members to the Texas Task Force on | ||
Gun Violence, as required by this Act, as soon as practicable after | ||
the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2015. |