85R15933 AAF-F     By: Phillips H.B. No. 2993     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2993:     By:  Phillips C.S.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   committee.  The committee must include at least [shall be appointed   by the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the   house of representatives, who shall each appoint]:                (1)  two members [one member] who represent   [represents] a diverse cross-section of public transportation   providers;                (2)  two members [one member] who represent   [represents] a diverse cross-section of transportation users; and                (3)  two members [one member] who represent   [represents] the general public.          (c)  A member serves at the pleasure of the commission    [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.  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.