SENATE BILL 1746 |
SENATE AUTHOR: Jackson |
EFFECTIVE: 05-17-99 |
HOUSE SPONSOR: Chisum |
Senate Bill 1746 amends the law to create the Texas environmental education partnership (TEEP) fund and TEEP trust fund. The act provides that the TEEP fund will operate as a public/private education partnership to raise money from a diversity of resources to pay for development, implementation, and operation of environmental projects, activities, and programs.
Senate Bill 1746 establishes that the TEEP fund be administered by the board, sets forth the board's membership and duties, and provides that the TEEP fund expires September 1, 2009, unless continued by the legislature.