Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 12.137 — TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PERMANENT TRUST ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE

HS § 12.137Title 2. HEALTH · Part A. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES · Ch. 12. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF · Art. J. TOBACCO SETTLEMENT PROCEEDS

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(a)The tobacco settlement permanent trust account administration advisory committee shall advise:

(1)the department on the implementation of the department's duties under this subchapter; and

(2)the comptroller on the administration of the comptroller's duties under Section 403.1041, Government Code.

(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;

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1094 (H.B. 2120), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0044, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1157 (S.B. 2900), Sec. 7, eff. June 20, 2025.