88R19530 SCP-F
 
  By: King of Hemphill, Thompson of Harris, H.B. No. 3878
      Hernandez, Patterson, Smith
 
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3878:
 
  By:  Goldman C.S.H.B. No. 3878
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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 expenses<

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 1101, Occupations Code 1103, Education Code 86)
House Committee Report: 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, Education Code 86)