Texas Health and Safety Code 12.137 – Tobacco Settlement Permanent Trust Account Administration Advisory Committee
(a) The tobacco settlement permanent trust account administration advisory committee shall advise the department on the implementation of the department’s duties under this subchapter.
(b) The advisory committee is composed of 11 members appointed as follows:
(1) one member appointed by the executive commissioner to represent a public hospital or hospital district located in a county with a population of 50,000 or less or a public hospital owned or maintained by a municipality;
(2) one member appointed by the political subdivision that, in the year preceding the appointment, received the largest annual distribution paid from the account;
(3) one member appointed by the political subdivision that, in the year preceding the appointment, received the second largest annual distribution paid from the account;
(4) four members appointed by the Texas Conference of Urban Counties from nominations received from political subdivisions that in the year preceding the appointment, received the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, or 12th largest annual distribution paid from the account;
(5) one member appointed by the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas;
(6) one member appointed by the North and East Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association;
(7) one member appointed by the South Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association; and
(8) one member appointed by the West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 12.137
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
- Trust account: A general term that covers all types of accounts in a trust department, such as estates, guardianships, and agencies. Source: OCC
- Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(b-1) An appointing entity under Subsection (b) is not a state association of counties.
(c) A commissioners court that sets the tax rate for a hospital district must approve any person appointed by the hospital district to serve on the advisory committee.
(d) The advisory committee shall elect the officers of the committee from among the members of the committee.
(e) The advisory committee may act only on the affirmative votes of eight members of the committee.
(f) Members of the advisory committee serve staggered six-year terms expiring on August 31 of each odd-numbered year.
(g) Appointments to the advisory committee shall be made without regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin of the appointees.
(h) A member of the advisory committee may not receive compensation from the trust fund or the state for service on the advisory committee and may not be reimbursed from the trust fund or the state for travel expenses incurred while conducting the business of the advisory committee.
(i) The department shall provide administrative support and resources to the advisory committee as necessary for the advisory committee to perform the advisory committee’s duties under this subchapter.
(j) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the advisory committee.