By: Kleinschmidt (Senate Sponsor - Estes)	H.B. No. 3567
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2013;
	May 6, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Agriculture, Rural Affairs, and Homeland Security; May 15, 2013,
	reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
	following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 15, 2013, sent to printer.)
	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3567	By:  Hegar

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the composition of the structural pest control advisory
	committee.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Sections 1951.101(a) and (b), Occupations Code,
	are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The committee consists of 11 [nine] members appointed by
	the commissioner as follows:
	(1)  one member [two members] who is an employee of a
	school district and associated with a school integrated pest
	management program [are experts in structural pest control
	application];
	(2)  three members who represent the public;
	(3)  one member from an institution of higher education
	who is knowledgeable in the science of pests and pest control;
	(4)  three members [one member] who represent
	[represents] the interests of structural pest control operators and
	who are [is] appointed based on recommendations provided by a trade
	association of operators;
	(5)  one member who represents the interests of
	consumers; [and]
	(6)  the commissioner of state health services or the
	commissioner's designee; and
	(7)  one member who is a structural pest control
	operator with experience in natural, organic, or holistic pest
	control.
	(b)  Members of the committee serve staggered four-year
	terms. The terms of [four or] five or six members, as appropriate,
	expire on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.
	SECTION 2.  (a) On September 1, 2013, the terms of the
	members of the structural pest control advisory committee appointed
	under former Section 1951.101(a)(1), Occupations Code, expire.
	(b)  Not later than October 1, 2013, the commissioner of
	agriculture shall appoint the new members of the structural pest
	control advisory committee necessary to ensure that the composition
	of the committee complies with Section 1951.101, Occupations Code,
	as amended by this Act, and designate the terms of those members to
	expire on February 1, 2015, or February 1, 2017, as appropriate, to
	ensure that the expiration of the terms complies with Section
	1951.101(b), Occupations Code, as amended by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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