Bill Text: TX HB3567 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

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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-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 3567

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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3567 was passed by the House on May 2,
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 2, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3567 on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 3,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3567 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor