By: Seliger S.B. No. 1667
(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2017; March 22, 2017, read
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources &
Economic Development; April 12, 2017, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11,
Nays 0; April 12, 2017, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1667 By: Seliger
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the nature, funding, and functions of the Texas
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 403.005, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 403.005. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The Texas Low-Level
Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission and the members of
the commission have the powers and duties prescribed by the
compact. The members of the commission are responsible for
administering the provisions of the compact.
(b) The commission may conduct other activities not
described by the federal law governing the commission or the
compact, as long as those activities are consistent with the
policies and procedures of this state.
SECTION 2. Section 403.0051, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 403.0051. COMMISSION AS INDEPENDENT ENTITY; FUNDING.
(a) The commission is an independent entity established by federal
law and governed by the compact and is not an agency of this state or
a program, department, or other division of, or administratively
attached to, an agency of this state [the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality].
(b) The legislature may appropriate money to the
commission. Money for the commission may not be appropriated as
part of an appropriation for the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality.
(c) The comptroller may:
(1) assign the commission an agency code; and
(2) from funds appropriated to the commission, provide
for the reimbursement of a commission member or employee or a person
who contracts with the commission for purchases approved by the
commission, including state and local sales tax.
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, 2017.
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