1. (a) The commission may establish advisory committees in accordance with Government Code Chapter 2110.
2. (b) Composition. The commission shall appoint a reasonable number of advisory committee members to each advisory committee established not to exceed twenty-four members. The commission may appoint one or more commissioners to participate as a non-voting member of an advisory committee. Each advisory committee appointed shall select a presiding officer from among its voting members.
3. (c) Duration. The commission shall establish the date for abolishing each advisory committee at the time of its creation.

4. (d) Conditions of advisory committee membership.

   1. (1) The term of office for each member shall be two years. A member whose term has expired shall continue to serve until a qualified replacement is appointed by the commission. In the event a member cannot complete his or her term, the commission shall appoint a qualified replacement to serve the remainder of the term.
   2. (2) Participation in an advisory committee is voluntary. Advisory committee members shall serve without compensation. Travel reimbursement and per diem incurred in the performance of their official duties will be paid only if authorized by the Texas Legislature in the General Appropriations Act.
5. (e) Responsibilities. An advisory committee will study issues and provide advice to the commission, as charged by the commission.
6. (f) Meetings. Advisory committee meetings may be conducted by telephone conference. Each advisory committee shall be subject to meeting at the call of the presiding member. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the advisory committee membership.

7. (g) Reports. The presiding member shall regularly report to the commission regarding its activities and recommendations. The presiding member, when requested by the commission, shall file with the commission, a report containing:

   1. (1) the minutes of meetings;
   2. (2) a memo summarizing the meetings; and
   3. (3) a list of its recommendations, if any.

8. (h) Evaluation of costs and effectiveness. The commission shall evaluate each advisory committee annually. Evaluation shall be conducted by an evaluation team appointed by the Executive Director. The evaluation team shall report to the commission in open meeting each August of its findings regarding:

   1. (1) Each advisory committee's work;
   2. (2) Each advisory committee's usefulness; and
   3. (3) The costs related to each advisory committee's existence, including the cost of agency staff time spent in support of each advisory committee's activities.

Source Note:The provisions of this §452.2 adopted to be effective November 15, 2007, 32 TexReg 8168.