Bill Text: TX HB2279 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-10 - Referred to Ways & Means [HB2279 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2279-Introduced.html
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| By: Eiland | H.B. No. 2279 | |
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| 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. | ||
