By: Seliger S.B. No. 1667
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the functions of the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste
Compact Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 403.0051 Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 403.0051. COMMISSION AS INDEPENDENT ENTITY.
(a) The commission is an independent entity as established
under federal law and is governed by the party states compact
agreement, and not an agency of the State of Texas. It is not a
program, department, or other division of, or administratively
attached to, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or any
other agency of the State of Texas, although the Commission may;
(A1) be assigned an agency code as required;
(A2) obtain its funding through an appropriation from
the State of Texas;
(A3) allow for the reimbursement of commission
members, staff, and contractors from the state comptroller in the
amount of state sales tax paid for purchases approved by the
commission as expressly granted under Section 151.309, Texas Tax
Code; and
(A4) conduct other functions not addressed in the
governing federal law or in the party states compact agreement in
alignment with policies and procedures as determined by the State
of Texas.