Bill Text: TX HB3567 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the structural pest control advisory committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB3567 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3567-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the structural pest control advisory committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB3567 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3567-Introduced.html
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By: Kleinschmidt | H.B. No. 3567 |
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relating to the composition of the structural pest control advisory | ||
committee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1951.101(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The committee consists of nine members appointed by the | ||
commissioner as follows: | ||
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(2) three members [ |
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interests of structural pest control operators and who are [ |
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appointed based on recommendations provided by a trade association | ||
of operators; and | ||
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who are experienced in the area of integrated pest management | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 1951.103(b), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A person may not be a member of the committee if: | ||
(1) the person is an officer, employee, or paid | ||
consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of pest control | ||
except as provided by Section 1951.101(a)(2) [ |
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(2) the person's spouse is an officer, manager, or paid | ||
consultant of a Texas trade association in the field of pest | ||
control. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 1951.101(c), Occupations Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act in the | ||
qualifications of members of the structural pest control advisory | ||
committee do not affect the entitlement of a member serving on the | ||
committee immediately before the effective date of this Act to | ||
continue to serve for the remainder of the member's term. As the | ||
terms of committee members expire, the commissioner of agriculture | ||
shall appoint or reappoint a member who has the qualifications | ||
required for a member under Section 1951.101(a), Occupations Code, | ||
as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2013. |