By: Phillips H.B. No. 2993       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the public transportation advisory committee.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 455.004(b), and (c), Transportation   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (b)  The   commission shall appoint the members of the advisory   committee.  The committee must include at least members of the   committee shall be appointed by the governor, the lieutenant   governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives, who   shall each appoint:                (1)  two members who represent one member who   represents a diverse cross-section of public transportation   providers;                (2)  two members who represent one member who   represents a diverse cross-section of transportation users; and                (3)  two members who represent one member who   represents the general public.          (c)  A member serves at the pleasure of the officer who   appointed the member.  A member is not entitled to compensation for   service on the committee but is entitled to reimbursement for   reasonable expenses the member incurs in performing committee   duties.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to the public   transportation advisory committee does not affect the entitlement   of a member serving on the committee immediately before the   effective date of this Act to serve the remainder of the member's   term.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.