85R5357 MEW-D     By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 1701       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the terms of the board members of the Texas Indigent   Defense Commission.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 79.014(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  The board members serve staggered terms of six [two]   years, with one or two members' terms expiring February 1 of each   odd-numbered year [and three members' terms expiring February 1 of   each even-numbered year].          SECTION 2.  The members of the board of the Texas Indigent   Defense Commission serving on the effective date of this Act may   draw lots or use another method to determine the members who shall   serve terms that expire on February 1, 2023, the members who shall   serve terms that expire on February 1, 2021, and the members who   shall serve terms that expire on February 1, 2019. The members of   the board appointed to succeed the members serving on the effective   date of this Act shall serve six-year terms.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.