Texas Human Resources Code Title 7, Chapter 115 - Governor's Committee On People With Disabilities

• Texas Section 115.001 - Committee; Mission
  (a) The Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities is within the office of the governor. (b) The committee's mission is to further opportunities for persons...
• Texas Section 115.002 - Composition
  (a) The committee is composed of 12 members appointed by the governor and of nonvoting ex officio members. (b) The appointed members are appointed for...
• Texas Section 115.0021 - Conflict Of Interest
  A person may not be a member of the committee or act as the general counsel to the committee if the person is required to...
• Texas Section 115.0022 - Training For Committee Members
  (a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the committee may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as...
• Texas Section 115.0023 - Grounds For Removal
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the committee that a member: (1) is ineligible for membership under Section 115.0021; (2) cannot discharge the...
• Texas Section 115.003 - Reimbursement
  Appointed members may not receive compensation for service on the committee but are entitled to actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of committee...
• Texas Section 115.004 - Officers; Meetings; Quorum
  (a) The governor shall designate one member of the committee as the presiding officer of the committee to serve in that capacity at the pleasure...
• Texas Section 115.0041 - Division Of Responsibility
  The committee shall develop and implement policies that clearly separate the policymaking responsibilities of the committee and the management responsibilities of the executive director and...
• Texas Section 115.0042 - Public Hearings
  The committee shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the committee and to speak on any...
• Texas Section 115.005 - Sunset Provision
  The Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that...
• Texas Section 115.006 - Staff; Funding
  (a) The governor's office shall employ, subject to the approval of the committee, an executive director for the committee at a salary as determined by...
• Texas Section 115.0061 - Standards Of Conduct
  The executive director or the executive director's designee shall provide to members of the committee and to committee employees, as often as necessary, information regarding...
• Texas Section 115.007 - Rules And Subcommittees
  (a) The committee shall adopt rules and designate subcommittees and task forces as it considers advisable for the conduct of the committee's functions. (b) The...
• Texas Section 115.008 - Gifts, Grants, And Donations
  The committee may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations to support the committee or carry out the committee's functions. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd...
• Texas Section 115.009 - Functions
  The committee shall: (1) serve as a central source of information and education on the abilities, rights, problems, and needs of persons with disabilities and,...
• Texas Section 115.010 - Governmental Cooperation
  The agencies of state and local government shall cooperate with and assist the committee in the performance of its functions. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd...
• Texas Section 115.011 - Complaints
  (a) The committee shall maintain a file on each written complaint filed with the committee. The file must include: (1) the name of the person...
• Texas Section 115.012 - Report On Handicapped Parking Laws, Standards, And Policies
  (a) The committee, in coordination with disability advocacy groups and disability-related organizations located in both rural and urban areas of this state, shall review: (1)...

Last modified: September 28, 2016