89R11267 RDR-F     By: Huffman S.B. No. 1901       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the administration of the Texas Opioid Abatement Fund   Council and Texas Opioid Abatement Trust Fund.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 403.503, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:          (d-1)  The voting members of the council serve for staggered   terms of six years, with the terms of four or five members, as   applicable, expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter R, Chapter 403, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 403.5041 to read as follows:          Sec. 403.5041.  CONFLICT OF INTEREST. (a) A council member   shall recuse himself or herself from participating in the review,   discussion, deliberation, or vote on an application for an award   under this subchapter if the council member knows that the council   member or a person who is related to the council member within the   first degree of affinity or consanguinity has a professional or   financial interest in an entity that is directly receiving or   applying to receive money from the council.          (b)  The council by rule may adopt additional conflict of   interest standards to implement this section or to comply with   Subchapter C, Chapter 572, Government Code.          SECTION 3.  Section 403.506, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:          (d-1)  The trust company may reallocate for the purposes   described by Subsection (c)(2)(B) money that was distributed or   should have been distributed under Subsection (c)(1) if a county or   municipality:                (1)  does not deposit the money before the second   anniversary of the date on which the money was distributed; or                (2)  submits in writing to the trust company a document   indicating that the municipality or county affirmatively forfeits   or refuses to accept the money.          SECTION 4.  Section 403.509(c), Government Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 5.  At the first meeting of the Texas Opioid   Abatement Fund Council that is held on or after the effective date   of this Act, the voting members of the council shall draw lots to   determine which four members will serve a term expiring February 1,   2027, which four members will serve a term expiring February 1,   2029, and which five members will serve a term expiring February 1,   2031.          SECTION 6.  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, 2025.