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.