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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
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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