Bill Text: TX SB1213 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of an advisory committee for the TexNet seismic monitoring program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-04 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB1213 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1213-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Seliger | S.B. No. 1213 | |
| (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2021; March 18, 2021, read | ||
| first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources & | ||
| Economic Development; April 19, 2021, reported adversely, with | ||
| favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, | ||
| Nays 0; April 19, 2021, sent to printer.) | ||
| COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1213 | By: Seliger | |
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| relating to the establishment of an advisory committee for the | ||
| TexNet seismic monitoring program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 67, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 67.72 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 67.72. TEXNET TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) In | ||
| this section, "program" means the TexNet seismic monitoring program | ||
| administered by the bureau. | ||
| (b) The TexNet Technical Advisory Committee is established | ||
| as an advisory committee within the bureau. | ||
| (c) The advisory committee consists of nine members | ||
| appointed by the governor who work or reside in this state, | ||
| including: | ||
| (1) one representative of the Railroad Commission of | ||
| Texas who specializes in seismology, geomechanical engineering, | ||
| reservoir engineering, or another related field recommended to the | ||
| governor by the executive director of the Railroad Commission of | ||
| Texas; and | ||
| (2) at least three representatives from the oil and | ||
| gas industry, not to include the representative appointed under | ||
| Subdivision (1). | ||
| (d) The governor shall designate a member of the advisory | ||
| committee as the chair of the advisory committee to serve in that | ||
| capacity at the pleasure of the governor. | ||
| (e) A person affiliated with the bureau or under contract | ||
| for services with the bureau may not serve as a voting member of the | ||
| advisory committee. | ||
| (f) The director of the bureau shall serve, ex officio, as a | ||
| nonvoting member of the advisory committee. | ||
| (g) The advisory committee shall: | ||
| (1) in coordination with the bureau, develop | ||
| recommendations for a program of work to assist the program and any | ||
| research efforts affiliated with the program in accomplishing the | ||
| goals of the program, including recommendations regarding: | ||
| (A) the acquisition and deployment of equipment; | ||
| (B) contracting with vendors; | ||
| (C) determining the scope of research programs | ||
| associated with the program; and | ||
| (D) determining the scope of any use of funds | ||
| appropriated by the legislature for the program or associated | ||
| research; | ||
| (2) review and approve or reject expenditures made in | ||
| connection with the program; | ||
| (3) prepare and approve an annual budget for the use of | ||
| any funds appropriated for the program by the legislature; | ||
| (4) provide oversight and input on the acquisition, | ||
| deployment, and operation of new and existing program equipment; | ||
| (5) ensure that there is a monthly transmission of the | ||
| data collected by seismic equipment operated under the program to | ||
| the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology database; | ||
| and | ||
| (6) meet with the bureau quarterly to discuss the | ||
| progress of the program, expenditures made in connection with the | ||
| program, and any other information related to the program that the | ||
| advisory committee finds necessary. | ||
| (h) Not later than December 31 of each even-numbered year, | ||
| the advisory committee and the bureau jointly shall prepare and | ||
| submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of | ||
| the house of representatives a report that includes: | ||
| (1) a review of the use of any funds appropriated for | ||
| the program by the legislature; | ||
| (2) a complete listing and accounting of all research | ||
| funded through the program, including: | ||
| (A) a list of contractors employed under the | ||
| program; | ||
| (B) an itemized budget for each program element; | ||
| and | ||
| (C) a list of the geographic coverage of the | ||
| program; and | ||
| (3) recommendations related to the ongoing operations | ||
| and requirements of the program. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
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