By McClendon H.B. No. 39
77R1195 MI-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to removing the executive director as a party in hearings
1-3 before the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 5.228, Water Code, is amended to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 Sec. 5.228. APPEARANCES AT HEARINGS. The position
1-8 of and information developed by the commission shall be presented
1-9 by the executive director or his designated representative at
1-10 hearings of the commission and the hearings held by federal, state,
1-11 and local agencies on matters affecting the public's interest in
1-12 the state's environment and natural resources, including matters
1-13 that have been determined to be policies of the state. [The
1-14 executive director shall be named a party in hearings before the
1-15 commission.]
1-16 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-17 (b) The change in law made by Section 5.228, Water Code, as
1-18 amended by this Act, applies to a hearing before the Texas Natural
1-19 Resource Conservation Commission held on or after September 1,
1-20 2001.