1-1 By: Kuempel (Senate Sponsor - Fraser) H.B. No. 1206
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 1997;
1-3 April 8, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
1-4 Resources; May 9, 1997, reported favorably, as amended, by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 9, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Fraser
1-7 Amend H.B. No. 1206 as follows:
1-8 (1) In SECTION 1, Subdivision (14), Section 363.041, at page
1-9 1, line 52, after "facilities" strike "or an educator with
1-10 knowledge of the design and management of solid waste facilities"
1-11 (2) In SECTION 1, Subdivision (16), Section 363.041, at page
1-12 1, line 57, after "facility" insert "or an educator with knowledge
1-13 of the design and management of solid waste facilities"
1-14 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-15 AN ACT
1-16 relating to the composition of the Municipal Solid Waste Management
1-17 and Resource Recovery Advisory Council.
1-18 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-19 SECTION 1. Section 363.041, Health and Safety Code, is
1-20 amended to read as follows:
1-21 Sec. 363.041. COMPOSITION OF ADVISORY COUNCIL. The
1-22 Municipal Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery Advisory
1-23 Council is composed of the following 18 [17] members appointed by
1-24 the commission:
1-25 (1) an elected official from a municipality with a
1-26 population of 750,000 or more;
1-27 (2) an elected official from a municipality with a
1-28 population of 100,000 or more but less than 750,000;
1-29 (3) an elected official from a municipality with a
1-30 population of 25,000 or more but less than 100,000;
1-31 (4) an elected official from a municipality with a
1-32 population of less than 25,000;
1-33 (5) two elected officials of separate counties, one of
1-34 whom is from a county with a population of less than 150,000;
1-35 (6) an official from a municipality or county solid
1-36 waste agency;
1-37 (7) a representative from a private environmental
1-38 conservation organization;
1-39 (8) a representative from a public solid waste
1-40 district or authority;
1-41 (9) a representative from a planning region;
1-42 (10) a representative of the financial community;
1-43 (11) a representative from a solid waste management
1-44 organization composed primarily of commercial operators;
1-45 (12) [a commission member;]
1-46 [(13)] two persons representing the public who would
1-47 not otherwise qualify as members under this section;
1-48 (13) [(14)] a registered[, fixed] waste tire
1-49 processor;
1-50 (14) a professional engineer from a private
1-51 engineering firm with experience in the design and management of
1-52 solid waste facilities or an educator with knowledge of the design
1-53 and management of solid waste facilities; [and]
1-54 (15) a solid waste professional with experience
1-55 managing or operating a commercial solid waste landfill; and
1-56 (16) a person who is experienced in the management and
1-57 operation of a composting or recycling facility [a registered,
1-58 mobile waste tire processor].
1-59 SECTION 2. Section 363.044, Health and Safety Code, is
1-60 amended to read as follows:
1-61 Sec. 363.044. PAYMENT OF AND REIMBURSEMENT FOR EXPENSES.
1-62 (a) Each advisory council member [other than the member
1-63 representing the commission] is entitled to compensation and
1-64 reimbursement of travel expenses incurred by the member while
2-1 conducting the business of the advisory council, as provided in
2-2 [$50 for each council meeting the member attends and the travel
2-3 allowance provided by] the General Appropriations Act [for state
2-4 employees].
2-5 (b) [The member representing the commission is entitled to
2-6 receive the same per diem and travel allowance the member receives
2-7 for commission meetings.]
2-8 [(c)] The expenses incurred by the advisory council are to
2-9 be paid from the planning fund, the technical assistance fund, or
2-10 other money available for that purpose.
2-11 SECTION 3. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-12 (b) As soon as possible after September 1, 1997, the Texas
2-13 Natural Resource Conservation Commission shall appoint to the
2-14 Municipal Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery Advisory
2-15 Council the members designated by Sections 363.041(13), (14), and
2-16 (15), Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, and by
2-17 Section 363.041(16), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act.
2-18 A member serving on the Municipal Solid Waste Management and
2-19 Resource Recovery Advisory Council on August 31, 1997, whose term
2-20 expires on September 1, 1997, under this Act, continues to serve
2-21 until the member's replacement is appointed by the commission.
2-22 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-25 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-26 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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