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Texas Health & Safety Code - Section 12.137. Tobacco Settlement Permanent Trust Account Administration Advisory Committee

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§ 12.137. TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PERMANENT TRUST ACCOUNT 
ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE.  (a) The tobacco settlement 
permanent trust account administration advisory committee shall 
advise the board on the implementation of the department's duties 
under this subchapter.
	(b)  The advisory committee is composed of 11 members 
appointed as follows:  
		(1)  one member appointed by the board to represent a 
public hospital or hospital district located in a county with a 
population of 50,000 or less or a public hospital owned or 
maintained by a municipality;
		(2)  one member appointed by the political subdivision 
that, in the year preceding the appointment, received the largest 
annual distribution paid from the account;
		(3)  one member appointed by the political subdivision 
that, in the year preceding the appointment, received the second 
largest annual distribution paid from the account;
		(4)  four members appointed by the Texas Conference of 
Urban Counties from nominations received from political 
subdivisions that in the year preceding the appointment, received 
the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th largest 
annual distribution paid from the account;
		(5)  one member appointed by the County Judges and 
Commissioners Association of Texas;
		(6)  one member appointed by the North and East Texas 
County Judges and Commissioners Association;
		(7)  one member appointed by the South Texas County 
Judges and Commissioners Association;  and
		(8)  one member appointed by the West Texas County 
Judges and Commissioners Association.
	(b-1)  An appointing entity under Subsection (b) is not a 
state association of counties.
	(c)  A commissioners court that sets the tax rate for a 
hospital district must approve any person appointed by the hospital 
district to serve on the advisory committee.
	(d)  The advisory committee shall elect the officers of the 
committee from among the members of the committee.
	(e)  The advisory committee may act only on the affirmative 
votes of eight members of the committee.
	(f)  Members of the advisory committee serve staggered 
six-year terms expiring on August 31 of each odd-numbered year.
	(g)  Appointments to the advisory committee shall be made 
without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, 
or national origin of the appointees.
	(h)  A member of the advisory committee may not receive 
compensation from the trust fund or the state for service on the 
advisory committee and may not be reimbursed from the trust fund or 
the state for travel expenses incurred while conducting the 
business of the advisory committee.
	(i)  The department shall provide administrative support and 
resources to the advisory committee as necessary for the advisory 
committee to perform the advisory committee's duties under this 
subchapter.
	(j)  Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the 
advisory committee.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 753, § 2.01, eff. Aug. 30, 
1999.  Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1094, § 9, eff. Sept. 
1, 2005.

Last modified: August 10, 2007