Bill Text: TX HB4380 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of the Environmental Task Force Advisory Committee.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-03 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB4380 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4380-Introduced.html
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| By: Herrero | H.B. No. 4380 | |
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| relating to the creation of the Environmental Task Force Advisory | ||
| Committee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Advisory committee" means the Environmental Task | ||
| Force Advisory Committee. | ||
| (2) "Commission" means the Railroad Commission of | ||
| Texas. | ||
| (b) The Environmental Task Force Advisory Committee is | ||
| composed of the following nine members appointed by the commission: | ||
| (1) seven representatives of the oil and gas industry, | ||
| including: | ||
| (A) one owner or operator of a facility that | ||
| handles oil and gas waste; and | ||
| (B) one representative of producers of oil and | ||
| gas; | ||
| (2) an environmental engineer with experience related | ||
| to environmental compliance; and | ||
| (3) an attorney with experience in the implementation | ||
| of environmental laws. | ||
| (c) Members of the advisory committee hold office for terms | ||
| of two years expiring February 1 of each odd-numbered year. A | ||
| member is ineligible to serve more than two consecutive full terms. | ||
| (d) The advisory committee shall select from its membership | ||
| a presiding officer and a secretary to serve for one-year terms. | ||
| (e) The advisory committee shall meet at least quarterly. | ||
| (f) The advisory committee may hold public hearings, formal | ||
| meetings, or work sessions. The advisory committee may not take | ||
| formal action at a public hearing, formal meeting, or work session | ||
| unless a quorum of the committee is present. | ||
| (g) A member of the advisory committee is not entitled to | ||
| receive compensation for service on the committee or reimbursement | ||
| for expenses incurred in the performance of official duties as a | ||
| member of the committee. | ||
| (h) The advisory committee shall: | ||
| (1) review the overall operation and structure of the | ||
| commission's environmental regulatory functions and rules adopted | ||
| by the commission to implement and enforce the commission's | ||
| environmental regulatory functions, including rules related to: | ||
| (A) any memorandum of understanding between the | ||
| commission and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | ||
| relating to the commission's environmental regulatory functions; | ||
| and | ||
| (B) the handling and disposal of oil and gas | ||
| waste; and | ||
| (2) provide recommendations to the commission for | ||
| proposed changes to improve and add clarity to rules related to the | ||
| commission's environmental regulatory functions. | ||
| (i) The advisory committee may adopt rules, procedures, and | ||
| policies as needed to administer this section and implement its | ||
| responsibilities. | ||
| (j) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the | ||
| size, composition, or duration of the advisory committee. | ||
| (k) This section expires and the advisory committee is | ||
| dissolved on September 1, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
