82R6622 KJM-F
By: Jackson S.B. No. 1070
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the permanent advisory committee to
advise the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding the
implementation of the ad valorem tax exemption for pollution
control property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.31(n), Tax Code, is amended to read as
follows:
(n) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall
establish a permanent advisory committee consisting of
representatives of industry, appraisal districts, school districts
required to take action under Chapter 41, Education Code, and other
taxing units, and environmental groups, as well as members who are
not representatives of any of those entities but have substantial
technical expertise in pollution control technology and
environmental engineering, to advise the commission regarding the
implementation of this section. Chapter 2110, Government Code,
does not apply to the size, composition, or duration of the advisory
committee.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall
appoint one or more representatives of school districts required to
take action under Chapter 41, Education Code, to the permanent
advisory committee established under Section 11.31(n), Tax Code, as
amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. 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, 2011.