| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2021; March 18, 2021, read |
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| 3 | | - | first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources & |
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| 4 | | - | Economic Development; April 19, 2021, reported adversely, with |
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| 5 | | - | favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, |
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| 6 | | - | Nays 0; April 19, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1213 By: Seliger |
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| 10 | 4 | | |
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| 11 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 12 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 13 | 7 | | relating to the establishment of an advisory committee for the |
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| 14 | 8 | | TexNet seismic monitoring program. |
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| 15 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 16 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 67, Education Code, is |
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| 17 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 67.72 to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 12 | | Sec. 67.72. TEXNET TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) In |
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| 19 | 13 | | this section, "program" means the TexNet seismic monitoring program |
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| 20 | 14 | | administered by the bureau. |
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| 21 | 15 | | (b) The TexNet Technical Advisory Committee is established |
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| 22 | 16 | | as an advisory committee within the bureau. |
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| 23 | 17 | | (c) The advisory committee consists of nine members |
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| 26 | 19 | | (1) one representative of the Railroad Commission of |
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| 27 | 20 | | Texas who specializes in seismology, geomechanical engineering, |
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| 28 | 21 | | reservoir engineering, or another related field recommended to the |
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| 29 | 22 | | governor by the executive director of the Railroad Commission of |
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| 30 | 23 | | Texas; and |
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| 31 | 24 | | (2) at least three representatives from the oil and |
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| 32 | 25 | | gas industry, not to include the representative appointed under |
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| 33 | 26 | | Subdivision (1). |
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| 34 | 27 | | (d) The governor shall designate a member of the advisory |
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| 35 | 28 | | committee as the chair of the advisory committee to serve in that |
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| 36 | 29 | | capacity at the pleasure of the governor. |
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| 37 | 30 | | (e) A person affiliated with the bureau or under contract |
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| 38 | 31 | | for services with the bureau may not serve as a voting member of the |
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| 39 | 32 | | advisory committee. |
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| 40 | 33 | | (f) The director of the bureau shall serve, ex officio, as a |
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| 41 | 34 | | nonvoting member of the advisory committee. |
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| 42 | 35 | | (g) The advisory committee shall: |
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| 43 | 36 | | (1) in coordination with the bureau, develop |
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| 44 | 37 | | recommendations for a program of work to assist the program and any |
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| 45 | 38 | | research efforts affiliated with the program in accomplishing the |
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| 46 | 39 | | goals of the program, including recommendations regarding: |
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| 47 | 40 | | (A) the acquisition and deployment of equipment; |
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| 48 | 41 | | (B) contracting with vendors; |
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| 49 | 42 | | (C) determining the scope of research programs |
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| 50 | 43 | | associated with the program; and |
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| 51 | 44 | | (D) determining the scope of any use of funds |
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| 52 | 45 | | appropriated by the legislature for the program or associated |
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| 53 | 46 | | research; |
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| 54 | 47 | | (2) review and approve or reject expenditures made in |
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| 55 | 48 | | connection with the program; |
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| 56 | 49 | | (3) prepare and approve an annual budget for the use of |
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| 57 | 50 | | any funds appropriated for the program by the legislature; |
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| 58 | 51 | | (4) provide oversight and input on the acquisition, |
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| 59 | 52 | | deployment, and operation of new and existing program equipment; |
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| 60 | 53 | | (5) ensure that there is a monthly transmission of the |
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| 61 | 54 | | data collected by seismic equipment operated under the program to |
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| 62 | 55 | | the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology database; |
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| 63 | 56 | | and |
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| 64 | | - | (6) meet with the bureau quarterly to discuss the |
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| 65 | | - | progress of the program, expenditures made in connection with the |
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| 66 | | - | program, and any other information related to the program that the |
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| 67 | | - | advisory committee finds necessary. |
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| 68 | | - | (h) Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year, |
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| 69 | | - | the advisory committee and the bureau jointly shall prepare and |
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| 70 | | - | submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of |
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| 71 | | - | the house of representatives a report that includes: |
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| 57 | + | (6) solicit from the bureau quarterly updates |
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| 58 | + | regarding the progress of the program, expenditures made in |
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| 59 | + | connection with the program, and any other information related to |
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| 60 | + | the program that the advisory committee finds necessary. |
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| 61 | + | (h) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, |
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| 62 | + | the advisory committee shall prepare and submit to the governor, |
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| 63 | + | the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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| 64 | + | representatives a report that includes: |
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| 72 | 65 | | (1) a review of the use of any funds appropriated for |
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| 73 | 66 | | the program by the legislature; |
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| 74 | 67 | | (2) a complete listing and accounting of all research |
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| 75 | 68 | | funded through the program, including: |
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| 76 | 69 | | (A) a list of contractors employed under the |
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| 77 | 70 | | program; |
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| 78 | 71 | | (B) an itemized budget for each program element; |
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| 79 | 72 | | and |
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| 80 | 73 | | (C) a list of the geographic coverage of the |
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| 81 | 74 | | program; and |
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| 82 | 75 | | (3) recommendations related to the ongoing operations |
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| 83 | 76 | | and requirements of the program. |
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| 84 | 77 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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