88(R) SB 1577 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
 
 
  S.B.  No.  1577
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the Texas Real Estate Research Center, the Real Estate
  Research Advisory Committee, the Texas Real Estate Commission, and
  the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board; increasing a
  fee; authorizing a fee.
               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
               SECTION  1.    The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 86,
  Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER C. TEXAS REAL ESTATE RESEARCH CENTER
               SECTION  2.    Section 86.51, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               Sec.  86.51.    TEXAS REAL ESTATE RESEARCH CENTER. The Texas
  Real Estate Research Center [There] is established at Texas A&M
  University [a Real Estate Research Center, hereinafter referred to
  as the center]. The operating budget, staffing, and activities of
  the center shall be approved by the board of regents of The Texas
  A&M University System.
               SECTION  3.    Section 86.52, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), (k), and (l)
  and adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:
               (c)    Members [Except for the initial appointees, members] of
  the advisory committee hold office for staggered terms of six
  years, with the terms of three members expiring on January 31 of
  each odd-numbered year. [In making the initial appointments, the
  governor shall designate three members, including two
  representatives of the real estate industry and one representative
  of the general public, for terms expiring in 1973, three for terms
  expiring in 1975, and three for terms expiring in 1977.] Any vacancy
  shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of the
  term. Each member shall serve until the member's [his] successor is
  qualified.
               (d)    The presiding officer [chairman] of the Texas Real
  Estate Commission, or a member of the commission designated by the
  presiding officer [him], shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting
  member of the advisory committee.
               (e)    The advisory committee shall elect a presiding officer
  and an assistant presiding officer from the committee's [its]
  membership, and each officer shall serve for a term of one year.
               (f)    [The first meeting of the advisory committee shall be
  called by the president of Texas A & M University or his designated
  representative.] The advisory committee shall meet not less than
  semiannually, and in addition on call of the committee's presiding
  officer [its chairman], [or] on petition of any six of the
  committee's [its] members, or on call of the executive director of
  the center [president of Texas A & M University] or the executive
  director's [his] designated representative.
               (h)    The executive director of the center [president of Texas
  A & M University] or the executive director's [his] designated
  representative shall submit to the advisory committee in advance of
  each fiscal year a budget for expenditures of all funds provided for
  the center in a form that is related to the proposed schedule of
  activities for the review and approval of the advisory committee.
  The proposed budget approved by the advisory committee shall be
  forwarded with the comments of the committee to the board of
  directors of The Texas A&M [A & M] University System prior to its
  action on the proposed budget, and the board of directors of The
  Texas A&M [A & M] University System shall not authorize any
  expenditure that has not had the prior approval of the advisory
  committee.
               (i)    The president of Texas A&M [A & M] University or the
  president's [his] designated representative shall submit to the
  advisory committee for its review and approval a research agenda at
  the beginning of each fiscal year and shall continuously inform the
  advisory committee of changes in its substance and scheduling.
               (j)    Each member of the advisory committee [board] is
  entitled to a per diem as provided in the center's budget [set by
  legislative appropriation] for each day that the member engages in
  the business of the committee [board]. A member is entitled to [may
  not receive any] compensation for transportation and travel
  expenses, including expenses for meals and lodging[, other than
  transportation expenses. A member is entitled to compensation for
  transportation expens

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Education Code 86.51, Education Code 86.52, Occupations Code 1101.0045, Occupations Code 1101.054, Occupations Code 1101.152, Occupations Code 1101.154, Occupations Code 1101.355, Occupations Code 1101.356, Occupations Code 1101.358, Occupations Code 1101.603, Occupations Code 1101.610, Occupations Code 1103.003, Occupations Code 1103.0545, Occupations Code 1103.057, Occupations Code 1103.101, Occupations Code 1103.102, Occupations Code 1103.103, Occupations Code 1103.104, Occupations Code 1103.105, Occupations Code 1103.209, Occupations Code 1103.452, Occupations Code 1103.458, Occupations Code 1103.459, Occupations Code 1103.5011, Occupations Code 1103.5012, Occupations Code 1103.507, Occupations Code 1103.521 (Occupations Code 1103, Occupations Code 1101, Education Code 86)
Senate Committee Report: Education Code 86.51, Education Code 86.52, Occupations Code 1101.0045, Occupations Code 1101.054, Occupations - Code 1101.355, Occupations Code 1101.355, Occupations - Code 1101.356, Occupations Code 1103.5011, Occupations Code 1103.5012 (Occupations - Code 1101, Occupations Code 1103, Occupations Code 1101, Education Code 86)
Engrossed: Education Code 86.51, Education Code 86.52, Occupations Code 1101.0045, Occupations Code 1101.054, Occupations Code 1101.152, Occupations Code 1101.154, Occupations Code 1101.355, Occupations Code 1101.356, Occupations Code 1101.358, Occupations Code 1101.451, Occupations Code 1101.603, Occupations Code 1101.610, Occupations Code 1103.003, Occupations Code 1103.0545, Occupations Code 1103.057, Occupations Code 1103.209, Occupations Code 1103.452, Occupations Code 1103.458, Occupations Code 1103.459, Occupations Code 1103.5011, Occupations Code 1103.5012, Occupations Code 1103.507, Occupations Code 1103.521 (Occupations - Code 1101, Occupations Code 1103, Occupations Code 1101, Education Code 86)
House Committee Report: Education Code 86.51, Education Code 86.52, Occupations Co