BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 2050 By: Jackson (Brown) Natural Resources 4-10-95 Senate Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND The Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority (GCA) was created in 1969 to help provide a regional water quality management program along the Gulf Coast area. GCA's water treatment facilities were designed to treat industrial wastewaters, but, at the state's request, have been expanded to provide treatment for municipal wastewater. GCA also operates a regional solid waste facility. The GCA has nine directors and is funded by the entities that use its services rather than by tax dollars. Due to increasing environmental regulation and heightened awareness of director responsibilities, GCA directors have become more active since the GCA was created. Current law limits director compensation to a per diem allowance for up to 48 days each year; however, because of expanded activities, some directors have spent over 48 days in a calendar year on work for GCA. PURPOSE As proposed, H.B. 2050 deletes the provision which prohibits a director of the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority from receiving a per diem allowance for more than 48 days in any one calendar year. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 2.10, Chapter 409, Acts of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, as follows: Sec. 2.10. DIRECTOR'S COMPENSATION. Entitles a director of the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority (authority) to receive an allowance of $100 a day and reimbursement for expenses incurred for each day the director spends attending meetings or business of the authority. Deletes the provision which prohibits a director of the authority from receiving a per diem allowance for more than 48 days in any one calendar year. Makes nonsubstantive changes. SECTION 2. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.