73R7648 E
By Chisum H.B. No. 880
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 880:
By Chisum C.S.H.B. No. 880
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the composition, termination, and duties of the
1-3 Legislative Natural Resources Board.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 10.02, Chapter 3, Acts of the 72nd
1-6 Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1991, is amended to read as
1-7 follows:
1-8 Sec. 10.02. The board is composed of:
1-9 (1) the chair of the House Environmental Regulation
1-10 <Affairs> Committee;
1-11 (2) the chair of the Senate Natural Resources
1-12 Committee;
1-13 (3) the chair of the House Natural Resources
1-14 Committee;
1-15 (4) the chair of the Senate Finance Committee;
1-16 (5) the chair of the House Appropriations <Government
1-17 Organization> Committee; and
1-18 (6) the chair of the Senate State Affairs Committee.
1-19 SECTION 2. Section 10.03, Chapter 3, Acts of the 72nd
1-20 Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1991, is amended to read as
1-21 follows:
1-22 Sec. 10.03. The board shall oversee and review the
1-23 implementation of legislative natural resources policy by state
1-24 agencies that have the statutory duty to implement that policy.
2-1 The board shall oversee and review the implementation of federal
2-2 environmental programs delegated to the state. The board may
2-3 require information and reports from state agencies as necessary to
2-4 carry out its oversight and review duties.
2-5 SECTION 3. Section 10.04, Chapter 3, Acts of the 72nd
2-6 Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1991, is amended to read as
2-7 follows:
2-8 Sec. 10.04. The board may receive grants, appropriations, or
2-9 property from any source. The board may contract with state or
2-10 federal agencies to support the implementation of legislative
2-11 natural resource policy. <shall continue its review and oversight
2-12 activities during the transition period to the full Texas Natural
2-13 Resources Conservation Commission. The board shall terminate its
2-14 duties effective January 1, 1994.>
2-15 SECTION 4. Section 10.05, Chapter 3, Acts of the 72nd
2-16 Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1991, is amended to read as
2-17 follows:
2-18 Sec. 10.05. At a minimum, the board shall ensure that agency
2-19 <transition> activities <do not>:
2-20 (1) do not delay or prejudice any permit processing
2-21 activities;
2-22 (2) do not result in undue duplication of effort;
2-23 (3) do not impede progress toward activities ensuring
2-24 the delegation of federal environmental programs; <and>
2-25 (4) ensure compliance with the provisions of this Act;
2-26 and
2-27 (5) do not result in duplicative or conflicting rules.
3-1 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-6 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-7 passage, and it is so enacted.