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Senate Bill 123 would update Electronic Recording Commission membership
Summary
Senator Eads told the committee SB123 removes an obsolete requirement that a commission member be an active legislator and adds a banking/real-estate industry requirement to ease appointments; the committee reported the bill do pass by voice vote.
Senator Eads presented Senate Bill 123 to the Senate City, County & Local Affairs Committee, describing a targeted statutory update to the Electronic Recording Commission.
"A piece of statute here states that, a member of the commission must be an active state legislature," Eads said, noting that the requirement remained after Amendment 95 and is now out of step with current appointment practice. "This just updates that. Strikes that must be an active state legislator and adds a line that says shall be from the banking title or real estate industry so that they have another position that can be appointed by the governor," he said.
Why it matters: the change is intended to make it easier to fill commission vacancies by widening the eligible pool to qualified individuals from banking or real-estate professions rather than active legislators and to adjust membership expiration dates so existing members transition to the new structure.
Senator Flowers called the change "a really excellent fit to the recording commission," and no members of the public spoke for or against the bill. A motion to report the bill do pass (motion made by Senator Flowers, seconded by Senator Flippo) passed by voice vote.
The committee reported SB123 do pass; the measure will proceed to the next legislative step.
